Boy Life

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William Dean Howells. Boy Life
Boy Life
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
I
ADVENTURES IN A BOY'S TOWN
HOW PONY BAKER CAME PRETTY NEAR RUNNING OFF WITH A CIRCUS
THE CIRCUS MAGICIAN
JIM LEONARD'S HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE
II
LIFE IN A BOY'S TOWN
THE TOWN
EARLIEST MEMORIES
HOME LIFE
THE RIVER
SWIMMING
SKATING
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
GIRLS
MOTHERS
A BROTHER
A FRIEND
III
GAMES AND PASTIMES
MARBLES
A MEAN TRICK
TOPS
KITES
THE BUTLER GUARDS
PETS
INDIANS
GUNS
NUTTING
THE FIRE-ENGINES
IV
GLIMPSES OF THE LARGER WORLD
THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS
PASSING SHOWS
THE THEATRE COMES TO TOWN
THE WORLD OPENED BY BOOKS
V
THE LAST OF A BOY'S TOWN
THE LAST OF A BOY'S TOWN
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William Dean Howells
Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells
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But somehow Pony could not get his voice up out of his throat; he wanted to answer her, but he could not speak. He heard her say, "Go out to the front steps, girls, and see if you can see him," and then he heard her coming up the stairs; and she came into his room, and when she saw him lying there in bed, she said: "Why, I believe in my heart the child's asleep! Pony! Are you awake?"
Pony made out to say no, and his mother said: "My! what a fright you gave me! Why didn't you answer me? Are you sick, Pony? Your father said you didn't seem well at the circus; and you didn't eat any supper, hardly."
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