9

III. OUT OF THE DEPTHS 17

IV. FRED GETS A SHOCK 25

V. HOW GOOD SPRANG FROM EVIL 32

VI. THE NEWS CORNEY BROUGHT 40

VII. WHERE IS COLON? 49

VIII. A CLUE IN THE DITCH 58

IX. THE COVERED WAGON 66

X. THE AMBUSH 75

XI. THE HAUNTED MILL 83

XII. A BROKEN DOOR 92

XIII. HOW GABE MADE GOOD 100

XIV. PRACTICE FOR THE RACE 109

XV. THE ACCIDENT 117

XVI. A GLOOMY PROSPECT 126

XVII. AN UNEXPECTED ALLY 134

XVIII. FORCED TO LEND A HAND 142

XIX. GLORIOUS NEWS 150

XX. A WELCOME GUEST 158

XXI. THE ATHLETIC MEET 167

XXII. FRED ON THE TRACK 174

XXIII. A CLOSE COUNT 182

XXIV. THE LONE RUNNER 191

XXV. THE ALASKA CLAIM 200

FRED FENTON ON THE TRACK

CHAPTER I

THE CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNERS

"I see you're limping again, Fred."

"That's right, Bristles. I stubbed my toe at the very start of this
cross-country run, and that lost me all chance of coming in ahead.
That's why I fell back, and have been loafing for a stretch."

"And let me catch up with you; eh? Well, I reckon long-legged Colon will
have a cinch in this race, Fred."

"Seems that way. He can get over ground for a certain time like a deer,
you know."

"Huh! more like a kangaroo, I call it; because it always seems to me he
takes big jumps every chance he gets."

Both boys laughed heartily at the picture drawn by Andy Carpenter, who
was known al