"Fine. I'd never know I'd been sick. That was a lucky thing to get hit with a stone, so I could know who I really was. But I'm anxious to get home and see my father, since you say he's not well." "Oh, he's not seriously ill," said Dick. "I had a letter from Henry Darby about him. He's so pleased that you have been located, that a sight of you is about all the medicine he needs." "I can go home to him in a few days, Colonel Masterly says." "You want to give us an exhibition of shooting before you go," suggested Dick. "I'm afraid I'm all out of practice," objected the former corporal. But he was not, as he very quickly proved, when he and some chums of Dick went to the rifle range. There the soldier made bullseye after bullseye with an ease that made the cadets fairly gasp, and he did all sorts of fancy shooting, including driving a tack in a board from even a greater distance than even Captain Handlee had boasted that his son could do it. "I guess it must have been that my eyes were affected by that Indian bullet," said the corporal. "They got all right again when the stone from the fire hit me." Later, the surgeon admitted that this was probably true. A short time after this Corporal Bill Handlee joined his aged father in Hamilton Corners, and the two enjoyed many happy years together, thanks to Mr. Hamilton's generosity, and what Dick had done to solve the mystery. "Well, Grit, old boy," said our hero one day near the close of the term, as he was strolling over the campus, followed by his ugly pet, and with Paul Drew, William the Silent and some other cadets at his side, "well, Grit, I think you and I will go home soon. Dad will be home next week, and say, maybe we won't have some good times; eh, Grit?" The bulldog nearly turned a summersault to show how glad, he was. A few days later Dick and his dog were at Hamilton Corners, ready for the summer vacation. THE END Transcriber's Note: Punctuation and hyphenation have been standardised. Changes to the original publication have been made as follows: Page 2 I'll swin out farther than _changed to_ I'll swim out farther than Page 11 crawled alone _changed to_ crawled along Page 15 as well stay. Hanniabal _changed to_ as well stay. Hannibal Page 18 exicting adventures _changed to_ exciting adventures Page 29 Catpain Handlee called _changed to_ Captain Handlee called Page 33 but accidently stepped _changed to_ but accidentally stepped Page 41 amid a chorous of _changed to_ amid a chorus of Page 49 for reasons similiar _changed to_ for reasons similar Page 58 rather akward feelings _changed to_ rather awkward feelings Page 75 transfered to Dick's company _changed to_ transferred to Dick's company Page 79 annouced Dutton _changed to_ announced Dutton Page 83