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Cadet Days

"A WAR-TIME WOOING" "BETWEEN THE LINES" "CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK" ETC.

Cadet Days

A WAR-TIME WOOING. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.00.

Cadet Days

BETWEEN THE LINES. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25.

CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25.

CADET DAYS. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth.

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WHO GAVE HER ONLY SON TO OUR ARMY, WHO LIVED FOR HIM THROUGH TRIAL TO FINAL TRIUMPH, AND WHO EVEN IN HER SADDEST DAYS, BROUGHT HOPE TO OTHER HEARTS AND SUNSHINE TO OTHER HOMES THIS STORY OF CADET LIFE

"HE IS LIFTED ON THEIR SHOULDERS AND BORNE DOWN THE ROAD" _Frontispiece_

"FOLLOWING A GUIDE WHO KNEW EVERY INCH OF THE WAY" _Facing page_ 16

"'TAKE THAT ONE, THEN,' SAID MR. LEONARD" " " 66

"THE COLONEL GLANCED QUICKLY ALONG THE POLISHED WEAPON" " " 86

"WOODS'S FRIEND APPEARED AT THE TENT DOOR" " " 116

"'MR. ROSS, YOU ARE HEREBY PLACED IN CLOSE ARREST'" " " 130

"THE RIFLE WAS BROUGHT IN BY A DRUM-BOY ORDERLY" " " 146

"'YOU ARE WANTED AT ONCE AT THE COURT-ROOM'" " " 158

"'I WANT YOU TO COME AND WALK WITH ME,' CONNELL SAID" " " 180

ENFORCED TRAMP IN THE AREA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS " " 184

"'I'LL TAKE NO MORE DEMERIT ON OTHER MEN'S ACCOUNT'" " " 190

"THE CADET CAPTAIN BEGAN HIS INSPECTION" " " 216

"THE SKIRMISH DRILLS WERE FULL OF SPIRIT AND INTEREST" " " 224

"'BUT IT'S PROUD I AM TO SALUTE YE, SIR,' SAID THE VETERAN" " " 232

"GEORDIE, AMES, AND CONNELL WENT OVER TO LOOK ON AND HEAR THE MUSIC" " " 246

"AND SEE HER BOY AT THE HEAD OF THE FIRST PLATOON" " " 288

"Pops, there's no use talking; we've simply got to send you to the Point."

"I'm sure I wish you could, Colonel. Father's tried every way he could think of, but cadetships don't go a-begging—out here, at least. The President has only one or two 'at large' appointments this year, and there were over a thousand applications for them."

"Well, have you tried Mr. Pierce, the Congressman for this district?"