Chapter 6

Across the line it flew like a rocket.Across the line it flew like a rocket.—(See page 217)

Both cars made another circuit of the track before they were able to stop, and then drew up in front of the grandstand.

Immediately the crowd surged down, and in a moment the two contestants were surrounded by a frenzied mob of shouting and hat-throwing boys, and almost equally excited, if less demonstrative, country people.

Mr. Hollis pressed forward and grasped the hands of Bert and Dick, one in each of his.“You did nobly, boys,” he exclaimed, but there was a catch in his voice, and his face looked gray and drawn, “you did great work, but I would not consent to your racing again for all the money in the world. It is altogether too dangerous.”

But by this time the defeated boys belonging to Mr. Thompson’s troop had recovered a little from their chagrin, and now elbowed their way through the crowd, headed by their leader and Ralph Quinby.

Like the clean-cut and manly fellow that he was, Ralph walked up and shook hands with Bert and Dick in turn.

“Well,” he said, “you fellows certainly put up a great race, and we have nothing more to say. It was simply a case of the best car winning, that’s all.”

Bert appreciated his manly spirit, and replied, “It was simply a matter of the ‘Red Scout’ having a little more speed. If we exchanged cars, you would win and we would lose. You gave us a hard tussle up to the last second.”

All the other boys showed the same feeling as had Ralph, and both parties separated with mutual expressions of esteem and good will.

All the members of Mr. Hollis’s troop that could do so crowded into the “Red Scout,” and various good-natured farmers volunteered tomake room in their capacious wagons and take the rest home. Room was even found for Don, who had been an excited spectator of the race and was now regarded by the jubilant boys as their mascot.

“It’s little enough to do at that,” remarked one husky agriculturist. “I’d be willing to cart the whole outfit over and back a dozen times for the sake of seeing another race like that. I wish old Dobbin could hike along like them things.”

And in this he expressed the general sentiment of the crowd.

As they traveled campward through the cool twilight the boys shouted and sang, and in a thousand other noisy but harmless ways found a vent for their overflowing enthusiasm.

Bert and Dick were the heroes of the day, as they well deserved to be. The race was run again at least a hundred times, and by the time they struck camp they had quieted down to some extent. Their beloved car had, of course, reached camp ahead of them, and now, as they alighted and caught sight of Bert and Dick, their enthusiasm flamed up again, and cheer after cheer resounded through the silent woods.

At last they cooled down sufficiently to go to bed, but it was a long time before they finally got to sleep. Bert and Dick shook hands before parting to go to their different tents. For a fewseconds they looked into each other’s eyes, and the grip of their hands tightened before they finally separated and said good night. For when two good comrades meet danger face to face and win out, a new and never-to-be-forgotten bond is riveted between them that lasts through life.

It was a wildly hilarious group of campers who sat down to a piping hot breakfast the next morning. Some, indeed, had hardly slept at all, so great was their rejoicing at the “Red Scout’s” glorious victory. They had won and the much-vaunted “Gray Ghost” had had to “take their dust.” What if it were their last day in camp? As Jim, who was famous for mixing his figures of speech, said, “The camp, anyway, was breaking up in a blaze of glory.” Every exciting detail of the great struggle was rehearsed and enlarged upon, times without number. They crowded round the splendid car and praised it and patted it as though it were alive and could understand how proud they were of its victory.

And Bert! If he had been anything but the fine, manly fellow he was, he would have been utterly spoiled by the plaudits heaped upon him. He had been their hero before; now he was their idol. His skill, his judgment, his nerve, were dwelt upon to the exclusion of everything else;but he modestly disclaimed any credit and put it all up to the car. “This is the fellow that did it all,” he said, patting the great machine affectionately.

“Yes,” quoted Dick,

“‘This is the steed that saved the day,By carrying Sheridan into the fightFrom Winchester, twenty miles away,’

“‘This is the steed that saved the day,By carrying Sheridan into the fightFrom Winchester, twenty miles away,’

but all the same,” he went on, “the steed saved the day because Sheridan was on his back, and the ‘Red Scout’ saved the day because Bert Wilson was at the wheel.” And to this the whole camp gave a thundering chorus of assent.

And Bert was at the wheel that afternoon, when, after “three times three” given for the “Red Scout” and its driver, the noble car stood panting, crowded to the guards with as many as could tumble in, ready to lead the way to the station where they were to take the train to the city.

“I tell you, Tom,” he said, as he grasped the wheel and the great car sprang forward, “I never expect to have so much pleasure and excitement in my life as I have had this summer.”

But Bert was mistaken. A broader field and greater triumphs lay before him—exploits thatwould tax every ounce of brain and muscle; victory snatched from defeat amid the applause of excited thousands. How he met the test and won his fight will be told in the next volume, “Bert Wilson’s Fadeaway Ball.”

THE END

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THE BERT WILSON SERIES

By J. W. DUFFIELD

An excellent series of stories for boys, full of outdoor life and adventures, athletic sports, etc. Wholesome, clean and instructive.

BERT WILSON AT THE WHEEL

An absorbing story of automobile exploits, abounding in stirring experiences and exciting adventures.

BERT WILSON’S FADEAWAY BALL

How a baseball pennant was won by the masterly pitching of the young Freshman recruit is told in crisp, snappy fashion, with a wealth of thrilling detail that will delight the lovers of the great national game.

BERT WILSON, WIRELESS OPERATOR

Perils of storm and shipwreck, head-hunters and pirates, are woven into a romance of compelling power that chains the attention at once and holds it to the end.

BERT WILSON, MARATHON WINNER

How the pick of the world’s athletes struggled for supremacy and how the representative of the Stars and Stripes carried off the crowning victory at the great Olympic games.

Others in preparation

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THE FOLLOWING TITLES ARE IN PREPARATION

BERT WILSON AT PANAMA

A host of thrilling adventures is woven into this stirring story of the young American who thwarts by his quick wit and determined courage a plot to destroy the great canal. Brimming with interest from cover to cover.

BERT WILSON’S TWIN-CYLINDER RACER

A motor-cycle romance of speed and daring that will stir the blood and make the heart beat faster. How sheer pluck that refused to be downed won out against foul play and tremendous odds.

BERT WILSON ON THE GRIDIRON

The “never-say-die” spirit of college football that makes it such a glorious game sparkles on every page. A gripping story of “bucking the line” and “going round the ends,” culminating in the great run down the field in the last minute of play that snatched victory from defeat.

BERT WILSON IN THE ROCKIES

Full of life and spirit, dash and danger in the wild regions of the West. The picturesque figures of the frontier—greasers and grizzlies, rustlers and road agents—appear in adventures that make one throb and tingle with excitement.

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THE “HOW” BOOKS

HOW TO MAKE THINGS

By Archibald Williams

Author of “How It is Done,” “How It is Made,” “How It Works.”

This is just the book for the active youth who has got beyond the period when he asks, “How is it done?” and now wishes to do it himself. The book is very fully illustrated with useful diagrams drawn exactly to scale.

12mo. Cloth, 450 pages, with numerous illustrations and diagrams.

Price $1.20 net

HOW IT IS DONEOR, VICTORIES OF THE ENGINEER

By Archibald Williams

Author of “How It is Made,” “How It Works,” “How To Make Things.”

Describing in simple language how the great engineering achievements in all parts of the world have been accomplished. It is a book brimful of interest for everybody, and especially to the younger generation with a turn for engineering in any of its many branches.

12 mo. Cloth. 450 pages, with 268 illustrations and diagrams.

Price $1.20 net

HOW IT IS MADE

By Archibald Williams

Author of “How It Works,” “How It is Done,” “How To Make Things.”

Describing in simple language how various machines and many articles in common use are manufactured from the raw material.

12mo. Cloth. 474 pages, with numerous illustrations and diagrams.

Price $1.20 net

HOW IT WORKS

By Archibald Williams

Author of “How It is Done,” “How To Make Things,” “How It is Made.”

It deals in simple language with Steam, Electricity, Light, Heat, Sound, Hydraulics, Optics, etc., and with their application to apparatus in common use.

12mo. Cloth. 461 pages, with illustrations and diagrams.

Price $1.20 net

HOW IT FLIESOR, THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR

By Richard Ferris, B. S., C. E.

The story of man’s endeavors to fly and of the inventions by which he has succeeded.

12mo. Cloth. 476 pages, with numerous illustrations and diagrams.

Price $1.20 net

THE GATEWAY SERIES

GATEWAY TO CHAUCER

Stories told by EMILY UNDERDOWN, from the Canterbury Tales of GEOFFREY CHAUCER. With 16 colored plates and numerous marginal illustrations after drawings by Anne Anderson.

THE GATEWAY TO SPENSER

Tales, retold by EMILY UNDERDOWN, from “The Faerie Queene” of EDMUND SPENSER. With 16 colored plates and numerous marginal illustrations from drawings by F. G. PAPÉ.

THE GATEWAY TO ROMANCE

Tales retold by EMILY UNDERDOWN, from “The Earthly Paradise,” by WILLIAM MORRIS. With 16 colored plates and many other illustrations.

THE GATEWAY TO TENNYSON

Tales and extracts from the poet’s works, with an introduction by MRS. ANDREW LANG. With 16 colored illustrations from drawings by NORMAN LITTLE.

THE GATEWAY TO SHAKESPEARE

Containing a life of Shakespeare, by MRS. ANDREW LANG, a selection from the plays, and from “Lamb’s Tales.” With 16 colored plates and many other illustrations.

THE SUNSHINE AND SHADOW SERIES

In the Service of the King, and Other Stories

In the Heart of the Forest

After Long Years, and Other Stories

These books translated from the German by Sophia A. Miller and Anes M. Dunne.

The ethical stories in the Sunshine and Shadow Series have been translated from the German with the view of instilling into the minds of youthful readers such truths as will help materially toward building a character that will withstand the trials and temptations of life.

It is conceded by educators that ethics presented in the lecture form fails of its purpose; therefore the writers have presented this subject in the form most appealing to children—the story.

THE BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS.

By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. With 16 full page colored illustrations, 12 full-page illustrations in black and white (photo engravings) and marginal illustrations all through the book.

TALES OF THE GODS AND HEROES.

By SIR G. W. COX, M. A. With sixteen colored plates from drawings by JAMES FRIPP.

CONTENTS

The Sorrow of Demeter — The Sleep of Endymion — Niobe and Leto — Orpheus and Eurydice — Phryxus and Helle — Cadmus and Europa — Odysseus and Polyphemus — Odysseus and Circe — Odysseus and the Seirens — Odysseus and Nausicaa — The Story of Arion — The Treasures of Rhampsnitus — Cephalos and Procris — Daphne — The Delian Apollo — The Pythian Apolli — The Vengeance of Apollo — The Toils of Heracles — Althaea and the Burning Brand — Phaethon — Io and Prometheus — Briareos — Arethusa — Tyro — Poseidon and Athene — Ariadne — Narcissus — Medeia — Cyrene — Bellerophon — Iphigeneia — Hector and Andromache — Sarpedon — Memnon — Oenone — The Lotos-Eaters — The Cattle of Helios — Odysseus and Calypso — Atys and Adrastos.

LIVES OF GREAT MEN,TOLD BY GREAT MEN

Edited by RICHARD WILSON. With 31 full-page illustrations in color.

CONTENTS

Alexander the Great — Alfred the Great — The Black Prince — The Story of William Wallace — Sir Thomas More — Francisco Pizarro — Sir Richard Grenville — Sir Francis Drake — Sir Phillip Sidney — John Hampden — Oliver Cromwell — John Bunyan — Benjamin Franklin’s Boyhood — Dr. Johnson — Oliver Goldsmith — Flora Macdonald — The Boyhood of James Watt — Robert Burns — Charles Lamb — William Wordsworth — The Boyhood of Turner — George Borrow — The Boyhood of George Stephenson.

THE STORY OF HEATHER

By MAY WYNNE

12mo. Cloth, 6 colored illustrations.Price, net $1.00

This is the autobiography of a pony, simply told for young children, and full of action and interest. The volume is excellently illustrated in color by Dorothy Pope, and attractively presented in cloth cover.

EXMOOR STARThe Autobiography of a Pony

By A. E. BONSER

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.Price, net 50c; postpaid 55c.

The sympathy of children in the humane treatment of animals will be enlisted by this charming story. They see how cruel our thoughtlessness and lack of attention to the needs of our dumb servants often are. They will share the views of this bright little pony in regard to man’s attitude to animals. The story is fascinating and as circus performer or polo pony, Star is a most interesting character. After many strange experiences he saves the lives of twelve people, receives a medal from the Royal Humane Society and retires from public life. The story is not marred by a sad ending. The book is fully illustrated.

A BOOK OF BIRDS AND BEASTSORTHE LAW OF KINDNESS

134 pages and 32 colored illustrations

Price, net $1.00

It is full of interesting stories, all about animals and their doings, and of such a character that no child who reads them will ever dream of being unkind to bird, beast, fish, or insect; for when people get to know God’s creatures and their wonderful ways, they learn how to leave them alone and to watch them patiently, just because they are so well worth watching.

THE OLD FAIRY TALES

189 pages and 32 colored illustrations

Price, net $1.00

A book of Fairy Tales for Boys and Girls containing; The Three Bears — Brother and Sister — Little Red Riding-Hood — Hansel and Grethel — The Golden Goose — The Magic Key — Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes — The Story of Catskin — Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper — The Frog-Prince — The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood — The Iron Stove — Shemus and the Little People — Prince Curly Chin — Queen Mab and Oberon — The Merry Tricks of Tom Thumb — Prince Cherry — Little Snowdrop — The Goose Girl — The Fairies of the Caldon-Low.

THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Formerly published under the title of“The World by the Fireside.”

By MARY and ELIZABETH KIRBY. Crown. 8 vo. Cloth. Hundreds of illustrations. Price $1.50

This volume brings the world, that is so full of wonders, to our own fireside.

The book is embellished with pictures of the various scenes and objects described, in order to make it more attractive.

THE WONDERS OF THE SEA

Formerly published under the title of“The Sea and Its Wonders.”

By MARY and ELIZABETH KIRBY. Crown. 8 vo. Cloth. Hundreds of illustrations. Price $1.50

Wonders abound in the Ocean. It is a world in itself, and is subject to its own laws.

“In this great and wide sea are creeping things innumerable, both small and great.”

The various chapters are amply illustrated with drawings taken from life, and on which the utmost care has been bestowed.

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THE BOOK OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMESBYMRS. BURTON KINGSLANDWith suggestions for entertainments. Illustrated.12mo. Cloth.$1.00A veritable encyclopaedia of games, pastimes, and entertainment.CONTENTSGames of Thought, Wit and Memory — Progressive Games — Card Games — Children’s Games — Children’s Singing Games — Games for Sunday Evenings — Catches and Riddles — Fortune Telling — Mesmerism — Children’s Parties — Special Dinners, Dances and Luncheons — Tableaux — Wedding Anniversaries.“Without touching on the side of profit-yielding occupations, and with more stress laid down upon the social side of life, this book will prove a real treasure for those lacking in invention, and will bring delight to many a dull or rainy day.”—The DialSully and Kleinteich—New York

THE BOOK OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES

BYMRS. BURTON KINGSLAND

With suggestions for entertainments. Illustrated.

A veritable encyclopaedia of games, pastimes, and entertainment.

CONTENTS

Games of Thought, Wit and Memory — Progressive Games — Card Games — Children’s Games — Children’s Singing Games — Games for Sunday Evenings — Catches and Riddles — Fortune Telling — Mesmerism — Children’s Parties — Special Dinners, Dances and Luncheons — Tableaux — Wedding Anniversaries.

“Without touching on the side of profit-yielding occupations, and with more stress laid down upon the social side of life, this book will prove a real treasure for those lacking in invention, and will bring delight to many a dull or rainy day.”—The Dial

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.8coloredillustrations.Anderson’s Fairy Tales. (Ugly Duckling.)4coloredillustrations.Water Babies.4””The King of the Golden River.8””Arabian Nights.5””Gulliver in Lilliput.4””Don Quixote.4””Stories from Hiawatha.6””Tanglewood Tales.4””John Halifax’s Boyhood.4””Tales of a Grandfather.6””David and Emily.6””Nell and Her Grandfather.4””Stories from Spenser.8””Rose and the Ring.4””Knights of the Grail.8””Sir Thomas Thumb.8””Linden Leaf.8””Undine.8””Maggie and Tom Tulliver.4””Children of the Old Testament.6””Children of the New Testament.6””Six Gifts.6””Kingsley’s Heroes.4””Adventures of Ulysses.6””Golden Deeds.6””Stories from Tennyson.6””Tales from Shakespeare.6””Stories from Chaucer.4””Cox’s Greek Heroes.4””

SULLY & KLEINTEICH—NEW YORK

Transcriber’s Notes:Except for the frontispiece, illustrations have been moved to follow the text that they illustrate, so the page number of the illustration may not match the page number in the List of Illustrations.Punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected, except as noted below.Colon (:) punctuation has been retained as in original.Normalized variations of Red Scout and Gray Ghost to ‘Red Scout’ and ‘Gray Ghost’ within quoted speech and “Red Scout” and “Gray Ghost” in all other cases.Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved.Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved.Spaced dashes used in some back matter for better wrapping of text.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Except for the frontispiece, illustrations have been moved to follow the text that they illustrate, so the page number of the illustration may not match the page number in the List of Illustrations.

Punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected, except as noted below.

Colon (:) punctuation has been retained as in original.

Normalized variations of Red Scout and Gray Ghost to ‘Red Scout’ and ‘Gray Ghost’ within quoted speech and “Red Scout” and “Gray Ghost” in all other cases.

Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved.

Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved.

Spaced dashes used in some back matter for better wrapping of text.

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