Browse all books

The unseen hand; or James Renfew and his boy helpers

Elijah Kellogg

The unseen hand; or James Renfew and his boy helpers

Paperback (RareBooksClub.com May 19, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...to feel his oats, and is showing a clean pair of heels. How do you like him now, neighbor?" "Better and better. Old Frank is the best horse I ever had, and a little child might safely crawl between his legs; Bert has done it many a time, but a man would run the risk of his life who should abuse him." These apparently untoward events accomplished what nothing else could have done, and which all the efforts of his friends had utterly failed to effect, they broke the crust and shattered the reserve, hitherto impenetrable, that isolated him, and furnished a stimulant that urged him onward in a course of more rapid development. Before the boys separated on the evening which they spent together at Mr. Nevins', they were closeted an hour in Arthur's bedroom. What grave consultations were held, and what profound ideas were originated in their teeming noddles, will probably never be fully known, save that as they parted, Bertie shouted back: "Good night; now we've got him a-going, let's keep him a-going." CHAPTER XIII. THE SCHOLARS SUSTAIN JAMES. THE next morning Peter, Bertie, John, and Will Edibean, the Nevins boys, and Edward Conly, by pure accident, entered the schoolroom at the same moment with James, and some little time before the master came. James, as usual, made directly for his seat; but they all surrounded and crowded him along to the fireplace, and instantly the Wood boys, the Kingsburys, the Kendricks, Stillman Russell, and all the girls, got round him, shook hands with him, told him he did just right, the day before, that those boys had always domineered over the smaller scholars, set them on to mischief, and made trouble in school, and with the master when they could. James, to his amazement, found himself the centre of an ad...
ISBN
1236204689 / 9781236204684
Pages
74
Weight
5.3 oz.
Dimensions
7.4 x 0.2 in.

Enjoy reading The unseen hand; or James Renfew and his boy helpers? You may also like these books