BARRY LOCKE HALF-BACK [Illustration: “I THOUGHT I’D BETTER WAIT AROUND AND GIVE YOU A HAND”] BARRY LOCKE HALF-BACK BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR Author of “THE CRIMSON SWEATER,” “HARRY’S ISLAND,” “TEAM-MATES,” “THE TURNER TWINS,” Etc. ILLUSTRATED BY C. M. RELYEA [Illustration] THE CENTURY CO. _New York & London_ COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THE CENTURY CO. PRINTED IN U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I BARRY LOCKE ARRIVES 3 II JONES LENDS A HAND 22 III BARRY MAKES A PURCHASE 37 IV “PUP NIGHT” 46 V FESSENDEN FIDDLES 59 VI “PEACHES” 71 VII DRAFTED 84 VIII WITH THE SQUAD 97 IX BARRY SHOWS HIS STUFF 109 X STATION W.L.L.O. BROADCASTS 122 XI MURRAY SCHOOL THREATENS 137 XII CLYDE ASKS A FAVOR 146 XIII BETTY CONFIDES 156 XIV BARRY SEEKS ADVICE 172 XV CLYDE LOSES HIS TEMPER 181 XVI MR. BENJY LOSES INTEREST 193 XVII CLYDE APOLOGIZES 204 XVIII UNDER COVER 213 XIX THE NEW TYPEWRITER 229 XX THE OLD DESK REPAYS KINDNESS 248 XXI A MYSTERY SOLVED 261 XXII UP THE MOUNTAIN 275 XXIII EVEN-STEVEN 284 XXIV “LOCKE BACK!” 299 XXV ZO PLAYS 310 XXVI THE RIGHT SORT 321 ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE “I THOUGHT I’D BETTER WAIT AROUND AND GIVE YOU A HAND” _Frontispiece_ “KEEP YOUR HEAD, BOY, LOCK YOUR LEG, AND WHAM IT!” 146 “ALL RIGHT, DAVY,” CALLED PEACHES, SOFTLY 220 “EVER SEE THAT BEFORE?” 270 BARRY LOCKE――HALF-BACK BARRY LOCKE HALF-BACK CHAPTER I BARRY LOCKE ARRIVES