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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