Monthly Archives: September 2006

Dreer thought of flight, but it looked hopeless

Dreer thought of flight, but it looked hopeless. Besides, a remnant of pride counselled him to bluster it out rather than run away. He laughed, not very successfully. “Two against one, eh? Wait till fellows hear about it! You won’t … Continue reading

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“Pretended you threw it? What for?”

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“What a horrible pun,” mourned Amy

“What a horrible pun,” mourned Amy. “Say, suppose we drop in on Jack Innes?”

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Amy and Holt shook hands across the net and Clint, hobbling up, tossed

Amy the towel Amy and Holt shook hands across the net and Clint, hobbling up, tossed Amy the towel. “Got a conundrum for you, Amy,” he said. “Want to hear it?”

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Clint shook his head sorrowfully

Clint shook his head sorrowfully. “Sounds even louder to me,” he said.

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“The way I figure it,” replied Clint thoughtfully, “is that the trolley

was a lot farther off than he said it was and that the road turned to the left again after we got off it “The way I figure it,” replied Clint thoughtfully, “is that the trolley was a lot farther … Continue reading

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Clint got out and as he made his way across to the second team gridiron

he heard Amy’s impassioned voice behind him Clint got out and as he made his way across to the second team gridiron he heard Amy’s impassioned voice behind him.

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What annoyed Brimfield Academy most about that beating was the fact that

Morgan’s School was a stranger What annoyed Brimfield Academy most about that beating was the fact that Morgan’s School was a stranger. Being defeated in early season was nothing to be sore about; it happened every year, sometimes several times; … Continue reading

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“That’s what he said

“That’s what he said.”

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The instructor and the physical director had approached without a sound

of warning, and Penny, Clint and Dreer, the latter exhibiting an evident desire to efface himself, stared in surprise for a moment The instructor and the physical director had approached without a sound of warning, and Penny, Clint and Dreer, … Continue reading

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