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Break O' Days Boys; Or, Ragged Bob's Young Republic
Break O' Days Boys Or Ragged Bob's Young Republic Author:George Waldo Browne General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1908 Original Publisher: The Saalfield publishing co. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com ... more »where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IX. A STABTLING SUBPRISE. To add to the uncomfortableness of the situation threatenings of rain began to appear about this time, but the crowd of spectators showed no signs of dispersing, one and all waiting with curious interest to see what the end would be. In the midst of the lull in the scene the 'squire reappeared, holding in his hand now a warrant for the arrest of the newcomers under the charge of Ragged Bob, who stood by the side of Joe and her mother at this time. "I reckon I have made it strong enough to hold 'em," declared the justice, referring to the paper in his hand. "I hope Stanyan will get here before dark. Ah, it's going to rain soon. I wish Stanyan was here now." The same wish may have been in the minds of others, and 'Squire Hardy was not the onlyone who consulted his watch and calculated that it would be fully an hour later before the officer could be expected. At this juncture the sound of a wagon approaching was heard, and all turned expectantly up the road, to discover a double team coming towards the station at a smart rate of speed. The seat contained one man and two boys. Covered from head to foot with the flour that had blown over him it was no wonder the driver was not recognized until he was near at hand. "It's Deacon Cornhill!" cried one of the bystanders. "But what in the world has he been doing with himself?" The deacon did present a singular appearance, but he was unmindful of this, as he drove his team alongside the station platform, calling out in his cheery voice: "I hope you ain't got tired o'waiting...« less