Chapter I: Front Matter

THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY

By EDWARD EGGLESTON

New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1919

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Copyright, 1883, By CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Copyright, 1910, By FRANCES G. EGGLESTON

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The New Scholar 3
II. King Milkmaid 15
III. Answering Back 23
IV. Little Christopher Columbus 34
V. Whiling Away Time 43
VI. A Battle 48
VII. Hat-ball and Bull-pen 58
VIII. The Defender 70
IX. Pigeon Pot-pie 80
X. Jack and His Mother 97
XI. Columbus and His Friends 102
XII. Greenbank Wakes Up 113
XIII. Professor Susan 119
XIV. Crowing After Victory 127
XV. An Attempt To Collect 137
XVI. An Exploring Expedition 148
XVII. Housekeeping Experiences 154
XVIII. Ghosts 166
XIX. The Return Home 177
XX. A Foot-race for Money 189
XXI. The New Teacher 203
XXII. Chasing the Fox 210
XXIII. Called To Account 222
XXIV. An Apology 229
XXV. King's Base and a Spelling-lesson 238
XXVI. Unclaimed Top-strings 243
XXVII. The Last Day of School, and The Last
Chapter of the Story 252

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ILLUSTRATIONS

"Not there, not there, my child!" Frontispiece

FACING PAGE Jack amusing the small boys with stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure 44

"Cousin Sukey," said little Columbus, "I want to ask a favor of you" 120

Bob Holliday carries home his friend 258

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THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY