"I'm your son," he told them. "I'm twelve, and I know what y' both want t' see me do. It's stick t' my job. It'll be awful hard sometimes, and I'll hate it. But I'm goin' t' try t' be jus' as brave as you was." It seemed to him that his father smiled then--a pleased, proud smile. At that, Johnnie straightened, his heels came together, and he brought his left arm rigidly to his side. Then he lifted his right to his forehead--in the scout salute. THE END =_Novels for Cheerful Entertainment_= * * * * * GALUSHA THE MAGNIFICENT _By Joseph C. Lincoln_ _Author of "Shavings," "The Portygee," etc._ The whole family will laugh over this deliciously humorous novel, that pictures the sunny side of small-town life, and contains love-making, a dash of mystery, an epidemic of spook-chasing--and laughable, lovable Galusha. THESE YOUNG REBELS _By Frances R. Sterrett_ _Author of "Nancy Goes to Town," "Up the Road with Sally," etc._ A sprightly novel that hits off to perfection the present antagonism between the rebellious younger generation and their disapproving elders. PLAY THE GAME _By Ruth Comfort Mitchell_ A happy story about American young people. The appealing qualities of a brave young girl stand out in the strife between two young fellows, the one by fair the other by foul means, to win her. IN BLESSED CYRUS _By Laura E. Richards_ _Author of "A Daughter of Jehu," etc._ The quaint, quiet village of Cyrus, with its whimsical villagers, is abruptly turned topsy-turvy by the arrival in its midst of an actress, distractingly feminine, Lila Laughter; and, at the same time, an epidemic of small-pox. HELEN OF THE OLD HOUSE _By Harold Bell Wright_ Wright's greatest novel, that presents the life of industry to-day, the laughter, the tears, the strivings of those who live about the smoky chimneys of an American industrial town. =NEW YORK D. APPLETON & COMPANY LONDON= =_Splendid Books for Girls_= * * * * * THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL _By Eleanor Gates_ This famous story is full of fancy and beauty. It tells how little Gwendolyn found the childhood happiness that she was denied as a rich little girl. GEORGINA OF THE RAINBOWS _By Annie Fellows Johnston_ Georgina is a delicate-minded, inquisitive child who has amusing fancies and a delightful way with grownups. GEORGINA'S SERVICE STARS _By Annie Fellows Johnston_ The girlhood of Georgina, when boarding school, dances, and romance among her girl friends, culminate in her own pretty story. EMMY LOU'S ROAD TO GRACE _By George Madden Martin_ Emmy Lou might forget her prayers, spread whooping-cough, attend the circus instead of the Sunday School picnic, yet she remained a child who goes straight to the reader's heart. MARY ROSE OF MIFFLIN _By Frances R. Sterrett_ What Mary Rose found in the way of nice folks when she came to live in the stiff and formal city apartment house. MARY-'GUSTA