Part 53 (1/2)

”Humph, as if I didn't see the letter you got from Belle Endicott,”

retorted the senator's son.

”Dave got a letter, too--from Jessie,” went on Phil. ”Perhaps----”

”Hi, you fellows, get through grinding, and come for a skate!” shouted Ben, bursting into the dormitory. ”The ice was never better.”

”That's the talk!” cried Dave, throwing down his Latin grammar. ”First fellow to get his skates on gets a ginger snap!”

And off he ran, with the others at his heels. And here for the present we will say good-by to Dave Porter, his chums, and his rivals.

THE END

DAVE PORTER SERIES

By EDWARD STRATEMEYER

”Mr. Stratemeyer has seldom introduced a more popular hero than Dave Porter. He is a typical boy, manly, brave, always ready for a good time if it can be obtained in an honorable way.”--_Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis._

”Edward Stratemeyer's 'Dave Porter' has become exceedingly popular.”--_Boston Globe._

”Dave and his friends are nice, manly chaps.”--_Times-Democrat, New Orleans._

DAVE PORTER AT OAK HALL Or The School Days of an American Boy

DAVE PORTER IN THE SOUTH SEAS Or The Strange Cruise of the Stormy Petrel