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DICK RANDALL
DICK RANDALL
THE YOUNG ATHLETE
BY
ELLERY H. CLARK
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WALTER BIGGS
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1910
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
TO MY NEPHEWS
WELD ARNOLD
AND
ALLEN WILLIAMS CLARK
CONTENTS
DICK RANDALL
DICK RANDALL
CHAPTER I
THE NEW BOY
Fall term at Fenton Academy had begun. Dick Randall came slowly downthe dormitory steps, then stopped and stood hesitating, as if doubtfulwhich way to turn. Uncertainty, indeed, was uppermost in his mind. Hefelt confused and out of place in his new surroundings, like astranger in a strange land.
The day was dark and gloomy. The sky was overcast, and the afternoonsun shone halfheartedly from behind the clouds. A fresh breeze bentthe trees in the quadrangle, scattering a shower of leaves about theyard. In spite of