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IX A Telegram from Home 87 X On the Way Home 98 XI Tom Rover’s Dilemma 109 XII At the Rover Company Offices 120 XIII Fun at a Railroad Station 132 XIV Back to Colby Hall 142 XV The Election for Officers 153 XVI Off for the Encampment 164 XVII A Night on the Road 175 XVIII One Surprise and Another 184 XIX At Camp Barlight 194 XX First Days under Canvas 202 XXI Strange Noises 212 XXII At the Rifle Ranges 221 XXIII Girl Visitors 231 XXIV Tom Rover’s Announcement 240 XXV At Camp Huxwell 250 XXVI An Astonishing Discovery 260 XXVII On Board the Submarine 271 XXVIII The Cabin in the Woods 282 XXIX The Fight on the Submarine 291 XXX An Important Capture—Conclusion 300

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THE ROVER BOYS UNDER CANVAS

CHAPTER I

A GAME OF BASEBALL

“Now for a home run, Jack!”

“Soak it out over the bleachers!”

“Show the Hixley boys what we can do!”

“Give him a swift one, Dink! Don’t let him hit it!”

“Oh, dear, I do hope Jack scores!” came in a sweet, girlish voice.

“Of course he’ll score!” returned a youth sitting near the girl who had made the remark. “He’s been holding back for just this chance.”

“Oh, do you think so?” asked another girl in the grandstand.

“Surest thing ever was,” was the airy rejoinder. “This is the time we’re going to show the Hixley boys what’s what.”

“Not on your life!” bellowed a heavy voice from the rear. “Here is where Colby Hall gets snowed under.”

Then came a series of yells, followed by the tooting of horns and the sounding of rattles, making a din that was almost ear-splitting.

The occasion was the annual baseball game between Hixley High and Colby Hall. It had been scheduled to take place on the high-school athletic field, but at almost the last minute this field had been declared out of condition, and it had been decided to hold the contest on the athletic grounds attached to the military academy.

Hixley High was very anxious to win this game. During the previous fall, as related in a former volume of this series, the high-school lads had lost the annual football game with Colby Hall by a single touchdown. This defeat still rankled in their minds, and they were determined if possible to take the baseball game by a score that should be well worth while.

And they had good reason to be hopeful of doing this. While their football