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Jack managed to get the ball and start with it for the goal. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall. Frontispiece—Page 223
THE ROVER BOYS AT COLBY HALL OR THE STRUGGLES OF THE YOUNG CADETS
By
ARTHUR M. WINFIELD (Edward Stratemeyer)
AUTHOR OF "THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL," "THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN," "THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America
Books by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
THE FIRST ROVER BOYS SERIES
THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE
THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS
THE ROVER BOYS IN CAMP
THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE RIVER
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE PLAINS
THE ROVER BOYS IN SOUTHERN WATERS
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARM
THE ROVER BOYS ON TREASURE ISLE
THE ROVER BOYS AT COLLEGE
THE ROVER BOYS DOWN EAST
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE AIR
THE ROVER BOYS IN NEW YORK
THE ROVER BOYS IN ALASKA
THE ROVER BOYS IN BUSINESS
THE ROVER BOYS ON A TOUR
THE SECOND ROVER BOYS SERIES
THE ROVER BOYS AT COLBY HALL
THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES
THE PUTNAM HALL CADETS
THE PUTNAM HALL RIVALS
THE PUTNAM HALL CHAMPIONS
THE PUTNAM HALL REBELLION
THE PUTNAM HALL ENCAMPMENT
THE PUTNAM HALL MYSTERY
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York
Copyright, 1917, by EDWARD STRATEMEYER
The Rover Boys at Colby Hall
INTRODUCTION
My Dear Boys: This book is a complete story in itself, but forms the first volume in a line issued under the general title, "The Second Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."
As mentioned in several of the other volumes of the first series, this line was started a number of years ago with the publication of "The Rover Boys at School," in which my readers were introduced to Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover, three wide-awake American lads. In that volume and in those which followed I gave the particulars of their adventures while attending Putnam Hall Military Academy, Brill College, and while on numerous outings, both in our own country and abroad.
The Rover boys were, of course, growing older; and, having met three young ladies very much to their liking, each married and settled down, as related in detail in the several volumes immediately preceding this. They were well established in business; and in due course of time Dick Rover was blessed with a son, as was also Sam, while the fun-loving Tom became the proud possessor of a pair of twins who were as full of life as their father had ever been.
In this volume the younger Rover boys are old enough to go to boarding school. They are sent to Colby Hall Military Academy, presided over by an old friend and schoolmate of their fathers; and there they make both friends and enemies, and have numerous adventures.
In the beginning this chronicle of the younger Rovers, I wish to thank my numerous readers for all the kind things they have said about the other volumes in these series, and I trust that they will make just as good friends of Jack, Andy and Randy, and Fred as they did of Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover.
Affectionately and sincerely yours,
Edward Stratemeyer.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Introducing the Younger Rovers1
Something of the Past13
What Followed Another Trick24
Jack in Wall Street35
Getting Ready to Leave45
On the Train54
A Scene in the Dining Car65
At Colby Hall76
The Missing Suitcase88
Getting Acquainted98
Down in the Cornfield109
Learning to Drill119
Fred Is Followed129
The Fight139
In the Town148
At the Moving Picture Theater157
The Girls from Clearwater Hall167
Slugger Brown Is Exposed178
A Squall on the Lake187
In Great Peril197
Assistance Refused206
The Meeting with Hixley High216
Target Practice226
The Fun of Hallowe'en235
Off on a Hunt245
From One Trouble to Another254
Elias Lacy's Demand265
In the Guardroom274
The Exposure284
A Football Victory—Conclusion296