CHAPTER IX A New Interest 86 CHAPTER X Mr. Carle wants to Know 100 CHAPTER XI The Relay Race 112 CHAPTER XII An Interrupted Evening 122 CHAPTER XIII A Waning Star 136 CHAPTER XIV A Captain's Troubles 146 CHAPTER XV Outdoors at Last 155 CHAPTER XVI Theories and Plans 165 CHAPTER XVII A Set-back for O'Connell 175 CHAPTER XVIII Disappointments 188 CHAPTER XIX A Misfit Battery 200 CHAPTER XX A Sub-Seatonian 212 CHAPTER XXI Playing Indians 224 CHAPTER XXII A Fair Chance 237 CHAPTER XXIII A Tie Game 252 CHAPTER XXIV Making Ready 268 CHAPTER XXV As Wally saw It 276 CHAPTER XXVI Recognition 295 ILLUSTRATIONS Coy was nailed as he scrambled back to the base--and the game was won (p. 293) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE School Dormitories 22 A Corner of the Yard 54 "There's the rat, sir," said Duncan 126 The Chapel Stairs 140 The Principal's House 150 He felt the bonds that held him to the tree loosen 230 He leaped, and clutched the ball hardly a foot from the ground 250 WITH MASK AND MITT CHAPTER I TWO APPRENTICES