Volume IV CONTENTS FOR JANUARY 10, 1916 Number 3

ONE NOVELETTE

The Speedway of Fate Franklin Pitt 1

TWO CONTINUED STORIES

Frank Merriwell, Jr., At Fardale. From the leaves of Frank Merriwell’s notebook 33 A Four-Part Story—Part Two.

Trooper Stewart, Substitute H. E. Williamson 58 A Three-Part Story—Part Three.

FIVE SHORT STORIES

Skates, Skis, and a Saphead William Wallace Cook 71 The Basket-Ball Boss Leslie W. Quirk 85 Clem Frobisher’s Man-sized Job Allan Hawkwood 99 The Shock Grant Trask Reeves 111 Cap’n Dan’s Son Bernard Teevan 119

MISCELLANEOUS

Some New Inventions 32 Some Interesting Facts 84 Entombed Miners Rescued 110 Unique Names for Creeks 118 Odd Bits of News 124 Youngest University Student 128

Applause 125

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Vol. IV. January 10, 1916. No. 3.

The Speedway of Fate

By Franklin Pitt