Monthly Archives: November 2006

Amy threw up his hands in despair. “You fellows are so stuck on yourselves,” he said finally, “that I suppose you’ll be expecting Robey to discharge the ‘varsity and let you play against Claflin!”

“I’m not through,” he muttered thickly. “Wait–a minute!”

“He lives the other side of the village. His father owned a lot of land around here and made heaps of money selling it off. They call him ‘Babe’ Beaufort; this fellow, I mean, not his father; probably because he’s … Continue reading →

The three boys started. A few yards away, leaning on his cane, stood a tall man of twenty-three or four years, a mildly surprised expression on his good-looking face.

he soon had them as eager as he was, and the afternoon when they kept the ‘varsity from scoring during two twelve-minute periods was a red-letter day, and supper that evening was almost like a banquet “Boots” worked them hard, … Continue reading →

_foot_-note “Thank you! I was afraid I’d have to explain it for you in a _foot_-note.”

according to Amy, when Harris of the ‘varsity skirted its left end and romped across the goal line for a third touchdown A few minutes later the second again covered itself with glory, according to Amy, when Harris of the … Continue reading →

diversion by proceeding, from force of habit, to the second team table That evening when he went in to supper he created an unintentional diversion by proceeding, from force of habit, to the second team table. It was only when … Continue reading →

so much of his time in such manner? Raise your hands, please “Marvellous! Is there any other member of the class who wasted so much of his time in such manner? Raise your hands, please. One–two–three–Burgess, you hesitate, do you … Continue reading →

The driver turned and grinned. He was a not-over-clean youth, and his hair was badly in need of a barber’s attentions, but he was evidently good-natured. The car, which was an old one and had undoubtedly seen much better days, … Continue reading →