Tip Top Weekly No. 52: Frank Merriwell's Dash — page 3: what you’re looking at

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Read the Novel Premium Offer on Page 32. Trp ToP WEEKLY. Temued Weekly— By Ob deg pa mi $2.50 year, Entered as Second Class Matter at the N.Y. Post Office. aie ie Su anes oA Rose St., WN. ¥ Actording to Aet Por Conpesi. in the Year 1897, in the Office of the Libravian ad Conarest April 10, 1897. Vol. t. No. 52. Price Five Cents. Contents of This Number. FRANK MERRIWELL’S DASH; or, Yale Against the Field - Complete Story. BEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES (Hunting in amie) - ° Sketch, SPORTS AND PASTIMES eyeing) . . - - Department. APPLAUSE - - ° - - - - Department, WINNER OF “PRIZE PLOT CONTEST. - CONTESTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETO, FRANK WERRIWELL'S DASH: Yale Against - the Field. By the Author of ‘FRANK MERRIWELL.”’ CHAPTER I. that precipitated Rattleton into the room 7 . with a headlong rush and plunged him FRIENDS OR FOES? Thump—bang! thump—bang! who happened to be in the way. “Open this door!” “Weh!? Thumpety — thump — bang! bang!! ‘‘Wow!?’ | | bang! Bump! bump! — both went. down, “Open this door, or I will dake it| clasped in each other’s arms. | brown—I mean I will break it down !”? Two other lads stood staring at the Harry Rattleton was excited. — fallen ones. They were Frank Merriwell “Hold on a moment, can’t vou?” land Fred Flemming. cried the laughing voice of \ ‘rank Merri- Tom Thornton was the unfortunate well from within the room. who stood in the. way of Rattleton’s head- Harry was pressing against the door|long rush. with one hand, having rained the heavy| And Harry, quite unintentionally, had — blows upon it with the other hand, which|struck Thornton a smart blow with his — was clinched in a most threatening man-jclinched fist. ner. At that moment it did look as if the plump into the stomach of a young man ‘The door flew-open with a suddennessjexcited lad had rushed into_ thé room | CORNICOOOLKS (SO mn