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Dick Merriwell’s Backers
OR,
WELL WORTH FIGHTING FOR
BY
BURT L. STANDISH
Author of the famous Merriwell Stories.
STREET & SMITH CORPORATION
PUBLISHERS
79–89 Seventh Avenue, New York
Copyright, 1907
By STREET & SMITH
Dick Merriwell’s Backers
(Printed in the U. S. A.)
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
CHAPTER II. A HEART-BREAKING FINISH.
CHAPTER III. A SURPRISE FOR DICK.
CHAPTER IV. A HEARTY WELCOME.
CHAPTER V. THE DINNER.
CHAPTER VI. THE BLACKMAILER.
CHAPTER VII. BEHIND THE PALMS.
CHAPTER VIII. HUSH MONEY.
CHAPTER IX. ARLINGTON TAKES A HAND.
CHAPTER X. A HOT OPENING.
CHAPTER XI. CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS.
CHAPTER XII. RETURNING THE MONEY.
CHAPTER XIII. JEALOUSY.
CHAPTER XIV. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
CHAPTER XV. THE ABANDONED CAPTIVE.
CHAPTER XVI. AN EVIL BAND.
CHAPTER XVII. TUCKER GETS WARMED.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FIRE.
CHAPTER XIX. THE NEXT MORNING.
CHAPTER XX. A PAIR OF RASCALS.
CHAPTER XXI. FURTHER PLOTTING.
CHAPTER XXII. A CERTAIN VISITOR.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CONSOLER.
CHAPTER XXIV. SOMETHING DOING.