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Ralph Henry Barbour. Four Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway
Four Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. IN WHICH THE BIG FOUR SET OUT FOR JERICHO
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH TOMMY DELAYS PROGRESS AND THEY LOSE THEIR WAY
CHAPTER III. INTRODUCES MR. JERRY HINKLEY AND AN IMPROMPTU DINNER
CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCES MR. WILLIAM HOOPER AND AN IMPROMPTU SUPPER
CHAPTER V. DESCRIBES A SECOND ENCOUNTER WITH MR. WADE
CHAPTER VI. WITNESSES A RESCUE AND AN ADDITION TO THE PARTY
CHAPTER VII. WHEREIN BARRY DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF
CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH POVERTY CLAIMS THE FOUR
CHAPTER IX. SHOWS THEM BOTH HUNGRY AND SATISFIED
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH NELSON SEES STRANGE VISIONS
CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH JERRY TELLS HIS STORY AND DAN PROVIDES DINNER
CHAPTER XII. WITNESSES THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF “DANELLO”
CHAPTER XIII. WHEREIN THEY MEET THE WILD MAN OF THE TARTARY STEPPES
CHAPTER XIV. TOM SWIMS IN THE OCEAN AND DIPS INTO POETRY
CHAPTER XV. TELLS HOW THEY MEET THE MANNIG BASEBALL CLUB AND HOW NELSON AND BOB GET ENGAGEMENTS
CHAPTER XVI. WHEREIN NELSON AND BOB PLAY BALL AND LAURELVILLE MAKES A PROTEST
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH A FIRE ALARM AIDS MANNIG, AND THE FOUR LEAVE HURRIEDLY
CHAPTER XVIII. TELLS OF AN ADVENTURE IN A HUT
CHAPTER XIX. TELLS OF A VOYAGE AND A SHIPWRECK
CHAPTER XX. FOLLOWS WITH A RESCUE, AND INTRODUCES FRIENDS IN NEED
CHAPTER XXI. WHEREIN TOM LOSES HIS TOOTHBRUSH AND DAN TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER XXII. WHEREIN GOOD-BYS ARE SAID, AND BARRY MAKES HIS CHOICE
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Ralph Henry Barbour
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Next to him walks Tom—familiarly “Tommy”—Ferris; residence, Chicago; age, fourteen years—almost fifteen now. Tom is inclined toward stoutness, has light hair and gray eyes, is at once good-natured and lazy, and has a positive talent for getting into trouble. Tommy expresses himself clearly until he becomes excited; then he stutters ludicrously. Tommy is also a Hillton boy, but is one class behind Nelson, a fact which troubles him a good deal, since he wants very much to go up to college with his friend.
The big, broad-shouldered boy with the red hair and rollicking blue eyes is Dan Speede. Dan, who hails from New York, is fifteen years old. Whereas Tom spends a good deal of his time getting into trouble himself, Dan is tireless in his efforts to get others into trouble; and he usually succeeds. For the rest, he is fond of fun, afraid of nothing, and hasn’t an ounce of meanness in him. Dan is in his senior year at St. Eustace Academy, and he, too, has his heart set on Erskine College.
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