CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.A WARM RECEPTION.5II.ANTON MESCAL.20III.THE MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE.30IV.THE FALSE MESSAGE.43V.CELEBRATION OF THE OLD GRADS.55VI.ANTON MESCAL STRIKES.63VII.THE END COMES.74VIII.THE MESSAGE STOLEN AGAIN.79IX.THE OLD INDIAN.90X.THE KIDNAPED GIRL.104XI.JUAN DELORES.116XII.DELORES UNMASKS.129XIII.THE MESSAGE RECOVERED.139XIV.WHAT THE MESSAGE CONTAINED.148XV.A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT.153XVI.DICK AND OLD JOE.176XVII.AWAKENED JEALOUSY.189XVIII.AN INTERRUPTED DEPARTURE.197XIX.READY ARRIVES.206XX.WINNING HIS WAY.220XXI.FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH.226XXII.CHALLENGED.234XXIII.DICK MERRIWELL’S NERVE.241XXIV.MERRY’S CHUMS.248XXV.THE NINE AT PRACTISE.254XXVI.A DESPERATE ATTEMPT.270XXVII.A DASTARDLY TRICK.281XXVIII.ON THE FIELD.290XXIX.HITS THAT DID NOT COUNT.295XXX.ONE TO NOTHING.308