Our boys; what they can do and how to do it (1893)
Stoddart, William, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts · leaf 139
o one isas anxious for something to eat as a man who has been ridinga bicycle all day. But there was not much choice betweenwalking eight miles up and down hill with an empty stomachand taking ones chance of a meal at a monastery; so we 134 OUR BOYS. dismounted and walked up a long avenue between… … cord which confined his long loose brown gown in trulymediaeval monastic style, came, and led us through a smallyard to a brick building. Supper was put on the table for us.When the monk withdrew, leaving us to eat, we saw for suppernothing but brown bread, dried apples, and something thattasted…
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