XVI. The Camp Invaded and Captured
XVII. Dick Makes Fish Talk
XVIII. A Kettle of Hot Water for Someone
XIX. Bert Dodge Hears Frightful News
XX. A Frenzied Ride to Safety
XXI. Real News and "Punk Heroes"
XXII. Tom Tells the Big Secret
XXIII. "Four of Us are Pin-Heads!"
XXIV. Conclusion





CHAPTER I

TOM READE HAS A "BRAND-NEW ONE"


"Hello, Timmy!"

"'Lo, Reade."

"Warm night," observed Tom Reade, as he paused not far from the
street corner to wipe his perspiring face and neck with his handkerchief.

"Middling warm," admitted Timmy Finbrink.

Yet the heat couldn't have made him extremely uncomfortable, for
Tom Reade, amiable and budding senior in the Gridley High School,