ieres and the most costly of curious Chinese
garments for women. In a word, the bazaars of China are nobly
represented on the Escolta. But there is much more besides. The most
attractive curios from India, from Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and of
native Filipino workmanship are all to be found here. It is not the
place to enter when one has not much money.

No wonder Sergeant Overton and Sergeant Terry moved from counter to
counter, pricing and sighing. Each young Army boy wanted to send home
something worth while to his mother. Yet how small a sergeant's pay
seems in such a bazaar!

Hal Overton and Noll Terry need no introduction to the reader of the
earlier volumes in this series. "$1," as our readers are aware, details
how Hal and Noll, reared in love of the Flag and respect for the
military, determined, at the age of eighteen, to enlist in the Regular
Army. Our readers followed the new recruits to the recruit rendezvous,
where the young men received their first drillings in the art of being a
soldier. From there they followed Hal and Noll westward, to Fort
Clowdry, in the Colorado mountains, where the young soldiers went
through their first thrilling experiences of the strenuous side of Army
life, proving themselves, whether in barracks, on drill ground or under
fire on a lonely sentry post, to be the sort of American youths of whom
the best soldiers are made.

Readers of "$1" already know how Hal and Noll went several steps further
in learning the work of the soldier; of their surprisingly good and
highly adventurous work in practical problems of field life. In this
volume was described field life and outpost duty, and scouting duty as
well, as they are actually taught in the Army. In this volume is told
also how Hal and Noll while out with a scouting party supplied their
company with unexpected bear meat. Our readers, too, will remember the
thrilling work of Hal and Noll, under Lieutenant Prescott, in capturing
a desperate character badly wanted by the state authorities. These young
soldiers were heroes of other absorbing adventures; their fine work
eventually leading to their appointments as corporals.

In "UNCLE SAM'S BOYS AS SERGEANTS" our readers will recall a host of
happenings that belong to military life, among them the stirring
military tournament in which a battalion of "Ours" took part at Denver,
and the all but tragic results of that tournament; the soldier
hunting-party up in the Rockies, in which H