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  THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY ORDE

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  THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY ORDE

  BY

  STEWART EDWARD WHITE

 

  ILLUSTRATED BY WORTH BREHM

  NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

  COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

  COPYRIGHT, 1908, 1909, BY THE PHILLIPS PUBLISHING COMPANY

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. THE BOOMS 3

  II. THE PICNIC 36

  III. HIDE AND COOP 67

  IV. THE PRINTING PRESS 81

  V. THE LITTLE GIRL 91

  VI. THE LITTLE GIRL (_Continued_) 103

  VII. UNTIL THE LAST SHOT 115

  VIII. THE FLOBERT RIFLE 140

  IX. MR. DAGGETT 150

  X. THE SPORTSMAN'S ASSOCIATION 160

  XI. THE MARSHES 167

  XII. THE TRESPASSERS 209

  XIII. THE PLAYMATES 221

  XIV. THE SHOOTING CLUB 235

  XV. THE UPPER ROOMS 239

  XVI. THE THIRD STORY 243

  XVII. "SLIDING DOWN HILL" 247

  XVIII. CHRISTMAS 262

  XIX. THE BOXING MATCH 284

  XX. THE PARTNERS 292

  XXI. WINTER 298

  XXII. THE MURDER 304

  XXIII. THE TRIAL 317

  XXIV. THE TRIAL (_Continued_) 322

  XXV. THE HOLE IN THE CAP 326

  XXVI. THE SIXTEEN-GAUGE SHOTGUN 332

  XXVII. THE SPORTSMAN 337

  THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY ORDE