E-text prepared by MWS, Val Wooff, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations and recorded music. See 62275-h.htm or 62275-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/62275/62275-h/62275-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/62275/62275-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/westpointcolorsa00warn WEST POINT COLORS [Illustration: THE FLAG] WEST POINT COLORS by ANNA B. WARNER _"My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country."_ NATHAN HALE. [Illustration: Colophon] New York Chicago Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company London and Edinburgh Copyright, 1903, by Fleming H. Revell Company (October) New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 63 Washington Street Toronto: 27 Richmond Street, W. London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 30 St. Mary Street CONTENTS CHAPTER, PAGE I. THE BOY, 9 II. MEANS TO AN END, 14 III. THE NIGHT EXPRESS, 21 IV. READY FOR DUTY, 26 V. THE FLAG, 36 VI. A LONELY CANDIDATE, 54 VII. IN FOR IT, 60 VIII. RUBS THE WRONG WAY, 67 IX. CAMP HARD, 73 X. BAND CONCERT, 78 XI. ON GUARD, 88 XII. _Off_ GUARD, 92 XIII. A BLUE CHRISTMAS, 97 XIV. CAMP GOLIGHTLY, 106 XV. SIGNALING FOR HELP, 112 XVI. RE-ENFORCEMENTS READY, 117 XVII. THREE CHEERS AND A TIGER, 124 XVIII. HIGH SUMMER, 129 XIX. THE VISITORS' SEATS, 138 XX. JUST THEE AND ME, 142 XXI. ME ONLY, 150 XXII. GIRLS, 157 XXIII. THE GRIM GRAY WALLS, 167 XXIV. NINETY-NINE DAYS TO JUNE, 173 XXV. FURLOUGH, 180 XXVI. CHERRY, 189 XXVII. OFF LIMITS, 199 XXVIII. ON EXHIBITION, 209 XXIX. SKIRMISHING, 218 XXX. A MORNING TALK, 226 XXXI. THE SUMMER GIRL, 238 XXXII. LAYING FOUNDATIONS, 245 XXXIII. BUILDING THEREON, 258 XXXIV. AMBUSHES, 272 XXXV. OF COURSE, 278 XXXVI. SAN CARLOS, 284 XXXVII. RUSHED INTO CAMP, 288 XXXVIII. HIGH GROUND, 293 XXXIX. MORE GIRLS, 299 XL. ON FORT PUT, 305 XLI. UP CROWNEST, 321 XLII.