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FRANK ROSCOE'S SECRET
Or, The Darewell Chums in the Woods
BY ALLEN CHAPMAN
AUTHOR OF "BART STIRLING'S ROAD TO SUCCESS,"
"WORKING HARD TO WIN," "BOUND TO SUCCEED," "THE
YOUNG STOREKEEPER," "NAT BORDEN'S FIND," ETC.
1908

CONTENTS
I. PLANNING A DINNER II. A CONSPIRACY REVEALED III.
NED IS CAPTURED IV. NED HEARS STRANGE TALK V.
SUSPICIONS AROUSED VI. FRANK GETS A LETTER VII.
BREAKING UP A DANCE VIII. FRANK IS WARNED IX. A
STRANGER IN TOWN X. MR. HARDMAN'S QUEER ACT XI.
NEWS FOR FRANK XII. THE LAZY RACE XIII. VACATION AT

HAND XIV. THE TELEPHONE WIRE XV. SEARCHING FOR
FRANK XVI. WHERE FRANK WENT XVII. AN UNEXPECTED
MEETING XVIII. A CANOE TRIP XIX. AT THE SANITARIUM XX.
THE INTERVIEW XXI. FRANK LEAVES AGAIN XXII. FRANK IS
EMPLOYED XXIII. PLANNING A RESCUE XXIV. FRANK LOSES
HOPE XXV. FRANK'S SECRET DISCLOSED XXVI. ARRANGING
AN ESCAPE XXVII. THE RUNAWAY DONKEY XXVIII. THE
RESCUE XXIX. THE CURE--CONCLUSION

FRANK ROSCOE'S SECRET
CHAPTER I
PLANNING A DINNER
"That's the way to line 'em out, Ned!"
"Go on now! Take another! You can get home!"
"Wow! That wins the game! Hurrah for Ned Wilding!"
Those were some of the shouts, amid a multitude of others, that came
from scores of boyish throats as they watched the baseball game
between the Darewell High School and the Lakeville Preparatory
Academy. The occasion was the annual championship struggle, and the
cries resulted from Ned's successful batting of the ball far over the
center fielder's head.
It was a critical moment for the score was tie, it was the ending of the
ninth inning, and there were two men of the High School nine out. It all
depended on Ned.
But Ned was equal to the occasion. He had placed the ball well, and as
soon as he heard the crack, when his bat struck it, he had darted for first.
Then, running as he never had run before, he kept on to second. The
encouraging shouts of his friends induced him to advance toward third,
though by this time the center fielder had the ball and was throwing it

to the baseman.
"Come on, Ned! Come on! Take a chance!" yelled Bart Keene, captain
of the High School team.
Then Ned, from a baseball standpoint of safety, did what might be
termed a foolish thing. He reached third base just an instant before the
ball did. He heard it strike the baseman's glove with a loud "plunk!"
A second later, stooping to avoid being touched, Ned sprang up and ran
toward the home plate. It was a desperate chance in a desperate game,
for the Lakeville players were cool and experienced hands, and Ned
was almost certain to be put out. However, he had chanced it. It was too
late to go back now. He was running straight for home, as though there
was no such thing as a baseman with a ball close behind him, waiting
for a good chance to throw to the catcher and put him out.
Right at the catcher Ned ran. The third baseman drew back his arm to
throw the ball. The catcher put out his hands to grasp it. Then Ned
jumped up into the air, springing as high as he could.
This disconcerted the aim of the third baseman and he had to throw
higher than he intended, to get the ball over Ned's head.
It was what Ned intended that happened.
The