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AN INTERESTING LETTER. “Hey, there, you fellows, I’ve got a letter to read to you.” He was a tall, handsome lad, with a frank, pleasant face, and a wealth of curly brown hair. He wore a close-fitting…
WHAT A WALK LED TO. It was a strangely accoutered cavalcade that set out from this West Point camp an hour or so later. The Parson, as guide and temporary chief, led the way, having his beloved “Dana…
MYSTERIES GALORE. The excitement which resulted from Texas’ amazing discovery may be imagined. If he had found a “Megatherium,” feet and all, there could not have been more interest. Texas was dragge…
A HORRIBLE DISCOVERY. What a lot of grewsomeness a little match can remove, to be sure! This one did not solve the mysteries of that wondrous cave, but it removed most of the horror of the explorers.…
A JOKE ON THE PARSON. Mark did not lose any time in telling Grace Fuller all about the cave. He called on her at the West Point Hotel, where she boarded with her father, and found her sitting on the …
STANARD’S DEFIANCE. The Parson seemed about ready to devour that “fossil.” He seized it and plumped himself down in a chair with a thud. He paused just long enough to deposit his “Dana” upon the floo…
STANARD’S STRANGE VISITOR. Dress parade, which took place immediately after the above occupied the time until supper. It was growing dark by the time the battalion marched back from mess hall, and th…
AN UNEXPECTED RESULT. The walk through that mountain forest was one to be remembered for some time. In the first place, the Parson had been provident enough to fee a drum orderly to steal him a spade…
DISCOVERY OF THE LOSS. “This is where you wake up and find yourself rich; how do you like it?” Mark, who asked the question, was yawning sleepily as he sat up from his bed, a pile of blankets on the …
DISCOVERY OF THE THIEF. The state of mind of the Seven cannot be described. A moment before they had been upon a pinnacle of success and happiness. And now it seemed that they had climbed but that th…
