Doing His Best
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ISBN13: 9780217699723
Paperback|9780217699723
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. STEP HEN TKEADWELL AND THE BIG BOYS. Thus the winter school began. There were twenty- five scholars the first day, but this number was increased to about forty in the course of two or three weeks. Lastly some very large boys, who had been kept at home as long as they could work to any advantage on the farm, dropped in one by one, and took the lead in the out-door sports of the school, if not in the walks of learning. Jack was placed in the lower classes; and there existed a good deal of prejudice against him at first, on account of his early life on the canal. He was no favorite with the master, for obvious reasons. Byron was evidently resolved to see no good in the lad who had had the famous quarrel with his uncle, Squire Peternot, and come off victorious. But Jack, though as fond of fun as any boy, had a motive in going to school which was shared by few. The feeling that he must make up for lost time stimulated his industry; and, being naturally quick to learn, he made rapid advancement, in spite of the master's contempt and neglect. See A Chance for Himself; or, Jack Hazard and his Treasure. STEP HEN TREADWELL AND THE BIG BOYS. 27 Out of doors, he was from the first an interesting character. His celebrated escape from Constable Sellick had established his reputation as a lad of spirit, whom it might not be safe to insult. He was regarded with curiosity by the girls, and with admiration tempered by dislike on the part of boys who envied him the fame of that exploit. He made no attempt to court the favor of any one, but minded his own business, and was always good-natured, modest, and independent. The Chatford boys, the Welby boys, and a few others who knew him, accepted him as a companion and playfellow, and the heartiness with which he ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217699723 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217699723 |
| Weight | 0.68 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.47 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 206 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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