Rival school Franklin has taken the track and field championship for the past four years. It appears as if they will again unless school favorite Fred Fenton of Riverport School can hatch a plan to out distance Franklin's star performer. But will the strange happenings and clues lead Fred astray on other adventures. Is the mill really haunted, and what of the so-called “Evil”? Can something good come of that and what does the covered wagon have to do with it all?

Table of Contents

I. The Cross Country Runners

II. A Strange Sound from a Well

III. Out of the Depths

IV. Fred Gets a Shock

V. How Good Sprang from Evil

VI. The News Corney Brought

VII. Where is Colon?

VIII. A Clue in the Ditch

IX. The Covered Wagon

X. The Ambush

XI. The Haunted Mill

XII. A Broken Door

XIII. How Gabe Made Good

XIV. Practice for the Race

XV. The Accident

XVI. A Gloomy Prospect

XVII. An Unexpected Ally

XVIII. Forced to Lend a Hand

XIX. Glorious News

XX. A Welcome Guest

XXI. The Athletic Meet

XXII. Fred on the Track

XXIII. A Close Count

XXIV. The Lone Runner

XXV. The Alaska Claim

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