ISBN: 9781153778343

Excerpt: ... little chance to back out with credit. The boys crept through the back alleys until they came in front of Mr. Higbie''s house, at half past eight o''clock… Plus…

Excerpt: ... little chance to back out with credit. The boys crept through the back alleys until they came in front of Mr. Higbie''s house, at half past eight o''clock. There was but one light visible, 132 and that was in Mr. Ball''s room. Jack dropped behind, a little faint of heart about the expedition. He felt sure in himself that his mother would shake her head if she knew of it. At length, at a signal from Bob, the tin pans, big and little, the skillet-lids grinding together, the horns, both conch-shell and tin, and the big bass-drum, set up a hideous clattering, banging, booming, roaring, and racketing. Jack rang his dinner-bell rather faintly, and stood back behind all the rest Jack''s afraid, said Pewee. Why don''t you come up to the front, like a man? Jack could not stand a taunt like this, but came forward into the cluster of half-frightened peace-breakers. Just then, the door of Mr. Higbie''s house was opened, and some one came out. It''s Mr. Higbie, said Ben Berry. He''s going to shoot. 133 It''s Bugbee, the watchman, going to arrest us, said Pewee. It''s Mr. Ball himself, said Riley, and he''ll whip us all. And he fled, followed pell-mell by the whole crowd, excepting Jack, who had a constitutional aversion to running away. He only slunk up close to the fence and so stood still. Hello! Who are you? The voice was not that of Mr. Higbie, nor that of the old master, nor of the watchman, Bugbee. With some difficulty, Jack recognized the figure of Doctor Lanham. Oh, it''s Jack Dudley, is it? said the doctor, after examining him in the feeble moonlight. Yes, said Jack, sheepishly. You''re the one that got that whipping from the old master. I don''t wonder you came out to-night. I do, said Jack, and I would rather... Edward Eggleston, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Hoosier School-boy Books>Fiction and Literature The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Students; Indiana; Drama / General; History / General; History / United States / State<

ISBN: 9781153778343

Excerpt: ... little chance to back out with credit. The boys crept through the back alleys until they came in front of Mr. Higbie''s house, at half past eight o''clock… Plus…

Excerpt: ... little chance to back out with credit. The boys crept through the back alleys until they came in front of Mr. Higbie''s house, at half past eight o''clock. There was but one light visible, 132 and that was in Mr. Ball''s room. Jack dropped behind, a little faint of heart about the expedition. He felt sure in himself that his mother would shake her head if she knew of it. At length, at a signal from Bob, the tin pans, big and little, the skillet-lids grinding together, the horns, both conch-shell and tin, and the big bass-drum, set up a hideous clattering, banging, booming, roaring, and racketing. Jack rang his dinner-bell rather faintly, and stood back behind all the rest Jack''s afraid, said Pewee. Why don''t you come up to the front, like a man? Jack could not stand a taunt like this, but came forward into the cluster of half-frightened peace-breakers. Just then, the door of Mr. Higbie''s house was opened, and some one came out. It''s Mr. Higbie, said Ben Berry. He''s going to shoot. 133 It''s Bugbee, the watchman, going to arrest us, said Pewee. It''s Mr. Ball himself, said Riley, and he''ll whip us all. And he fled, followed pell-mell by the whole crowd, excepting Jack, who had a constitutional aversion to running away. He only slunk up close to the fence and so stood still. Hello! Who are you? The voice was not that of Mr. Higbie, nor that of the old master, nor of the watchman, Bugbee. With some difficulty, Jack recognized the figure of Doctor Lanham. Oh, it''s Jack Dudley, is it? said the doctor, after examining him in the feeble moonlight. Yes, said Jack, sheepishly. You''re the one that got that whipping from the old master. I don''t wonder you came out to-night. I do, said Jack, and I would rather... Edward Eggleston, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Hoosier School-boy Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153778343

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