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Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand; or, Fair Play and No Favors

Burt L. Standish

This story is part of the Merriwell series, which centers around athletic adventures and the moral growth of its young protagonists.

"Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand; Or, Fair Play and No Favors" by Burt L. Standish is a novel. This story is part of the Merriwell series, which centers around athletic adventures and the moral growth of its young protagonists.

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In one of the residence streets of Gold Hill, Arizona, stood—and no doubt still stands at this moment—a rather pretentious, two-story dwelling. Six low-growing, broad-leaved palms were marshaled in two rows before the front door, and to right and left of the palms were umbrella and pepper trees. Extending from one corner of the house, almost to the pickets that fenced in the premises, was a rank growth of oleanders.

This was the home of Colonel Alvah G. Hawtrey, an ex-army officer. In the service of his country Hawtrey had chased and fought the murderous Apaches all over that part of the Southwest; and now, at the age of sixty, the colonel, with an honorable discharge from the service, was giving his attention to various mining enterprises and was reputed to be a very wealthy man.

He was broad-minded and public-spirited, and the prosperity of Gold Hill owed more to the old colonel than to any other citizen. He had built the Bristow Hotel and several brick business blocks; he had founded a social club, a cattlemen’s association, and a miners’ relief society. It was known that he paid, out of his own pocket, the salary of one of the local ministers; he owned a bank, and, last but not least, he had organized and brought into successful operation the Gold Hill Athletic Club. For nothing was the colonel more honored than for his love of manly sports, and for his zeal in seeing6 that the youth of Gold Hill received proper physical training.

Contents

  1. 01Transcriber’s Notes
  2. 02Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s, Helping Hand
  3. 03Chapter I. The Housebreaker.
  4. 04Chapter II. A Stranger in Camp.
  5. 05Chapter III. A Friend in Need.
  6. 06Chapter IV. A Clash of Authority.
  7. 07Chapter V. A Challenge.
  8. 08Chapter VI. Puzzling Developments.
  9. 09Chapter VII. The Wiles of a Schemer.
  10. 10Chapter VIII. A Joke—With Results.
  11. 11Chapter IX. The Race.
  12. 12Chapter X. A Helping Hand.
  13. 13Chapter XI. A Partial Victory.
  14. 14Chapter XII. The Dove of Peace.
  15. 15Chapter XIII. Germany Versus Mexico.
  16. 16Chapter XIV. An Unexpected Visitor.
  17. 17Chapter XV. True Sportsmanship.
  18. 18Chapter XVI. A Terrible Mishap.
  19. 19Chapter XVII. A Daring Rescue.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII. Quick Work for Darrel.
  21. 21Chapter XIX. Ugly Suspicions.
  22. 22Chapter XX. A Friend from Camp Hawtrey.
  23. 23Chapter XXI. Trying to Be Friendly.
  24. 24Chapter XXII. Sharp Work.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII. Getting the Evidence.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV. Concerning the Evidence.
  27. 27Chapter XXV. The Under Dog.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI. Bad Blood.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII. The Boy Who Didn’t Care.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII.
  31. 31Chapter XXIX. The Colonel Calls.
  32. 32Chapter XXX. Merriwell Misjudged.
  33. 33Chapter XXXI. Darrel’s Resolve.
  34. 34Chapter XXXII. The Ledge at the Gulch.
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII. Following Darrel.
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV. A Tangle of Events.
  37. 37Chapter XXXV. A Rift in the Clouds.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI. A Change of Mind.
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII. A Matter of Thirty Dollars.
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII. More Discouragement.
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX. Good Intentions.
  42. 42Chapter XL. The Mysterious Billy Shoup.
  43. 43Chapter XLI. The Man the Box.
  44. 44Chapter XLII. Guffey’s Queer Actions.
  45. 45Chapter XLIII. Reviving Hopes.
  46. 46Chapter XLIV. The Colonel’s Tip.
  47. 47Chapter XLV.
  48. 48Chapter XLVI. The Game.
  49. 49Chapter XLVII. Not on the Program.
  50. 50Chapter XLVIII. All’s Well That Ends Well.
  51. 51Books That Never Grow Old
  52. 52Alger Series Clean Adventure Stories for Boys
  53. 53Adventure Library Splendid, Interesting, Big Stories
  54. 54Western Story Library For Everyone Who Likes Adventure
  55. 55Value
  56. 56Read

About this edition

Author
Burt L. Standish
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
328 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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