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Title: The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey

Author: Donald Ferguson

Release Date: August 22, 2004 [EBook #13250]

Language: English

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THE CHUMS OF SCRANTON HIGH

At Ice Hockey

BY

DONALD FERGUSON

THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO.

CLEVELAND, O. NEW YORK, N.Y.

Copyright, MCMXIX

by

THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO.

Printed in the United States of America

by

THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. GOOD TIMES COMING
II. A BULL IN THE CHINA SHOP
III. GIVING NICK A CHANCE
IV. THE HOCKEY MATCH WITH A SCRATCH SEVEN
V. THAD BRINGS SOME STARTLING NEWS
VI. NOT GUILTY
VII. TURNING A PAGE OF THE PAST
VIII. OWEN DUGDALE'S ANNOUNCEMENT
IX. AN ADVENTURE ON THE ROAD
X. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
XI. A MOTHER'S SACRIFICE
XII. TIP SATISFIES HIS CRAVING--AND LOSES
XIII. THE LIVELY GAME WITH KEYPORT'S SEVEN
XIV. ENCOURAGING NICK
XV. WHERE THE SPARKS FLEW
XVI. AT THE DEACON'S FIRESIDE
XVII. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY
XVIII. IN A SAFE HARBOR AT LAST
XIX. MEETING BELLEVILLE'S STRONG TEAM
XX. NICK MAKES GOOD--CONCLUSION

THE CHUMS OF SCRANTON HIGH AT ICE HOCKEY

CHAPTER I

GOOD TIMES COMING

Hugh looked at the big thermometer alongside the Juggins' front door
as he came out, and the mercury was still falling steadily.

"It's certainly a whole lot sharper than it was early this morning,
Thad. Feels to me as if the first cold wave of the winter had struck
Scranton."

"The ice on our flooded baseball field, and that out at Hobson's
mill-pond ought to be in great shape after a hard freeze to-night,
Hugh."

"We're in luck this time, chum Thad. Look at that sky, will you?
Never a cloud in sight, and the sun going down yellow. Deacon
Winslow, our reliable old weather prophet blacksmith, who always
keeps a goose-bone hanging up in his smithy, to tell w