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[Illustration: HE LANDED HIMSELF THROUGH THE AIR WITH A LONG GRACEFUL
LEAP. —Page 31.]

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                           BOYS _of_ OAKDALE
                                ACADEMY




                                   BY
                              MORGAN SCOTT
                 AUTHOR OF “BEN STONE AT OAKDALE,” ETC.




                   _With Four Original Illustrations_
                           _By MARTIN LEWIS_




                                NEW YORK
                           HURST AND COMPANY
                               PUBLISHERS

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                            Copyright, 1911,
                                   BY
                            HURST & COMPANY




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                                CONTENTS


              CHAPTER                                 PAGE

                   I. A Boy of Mystery                   5
                  II. Playing the Part                  13
                 III. Rod's Wonderful Jump              26
                  IV. The Fellow Who Refused            39
                   V. Ambushed                          50
                  VI. The Result of a Practical Joke    61
                 VII. The One Who Laughed Last          70
                VIII. The White Feather                 80
                  IX. Moments of Apprehension           88
                   X. Who Told?                         99
                  XI. In Doubt                         110
                 XII. Cold Weather in Texas            118
                XIII. A Bond of Sympathy               129
                 XIV. A Narrow Escape                  136
                  XV. When a Grant Fights              150
                 XVI. Independent Rod                  162
                XVII. The First Snow                   170
               XVIII. Rabbit Hunting                   179
                 XIX. An Encounter in the Woods        192
                  XX. A Sunday Morning Caller          200
                 XXI. What Sleuth Piper Saw            208
                XXII. The Fate of Silver Tongue        218
               XXIII. Following the Trail              229
                XXIV. The Proof                        239
                 XXV. Settlement Day Draws Near        248
                XXVI. Grant’s Defiance                 254
               XXVII. Spotty Refuses to Talk           264
              XXVIII. Aroused at Last                  274
                XXIX. The Incriminating Letter         283
                 XXX. The Reason Why                   291
                XXXI. Something Worth Doing            300

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                        BOYS OF OAKDALE ACADEMY.




                               CHAPTER I.

                           A BOY OF MYSTERY.


“He’s a fake,” declared Chipper Cooper positively, backing up against
the steam radiator to warm himself on the other side. “I’ll bet a
hundred dollars he never was west of