Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 129
ed to drop out of every run before half thedistance was covered; but the boy had goodgrit and determination, and stuck it out. Soonafter commencing training he left the eating-club, and the writer did not see him again fornearly three months, when he chanced to meethim out at the Field. There had… … WATCHING THE TRIALS peptic stood a solidly builtfellow whose clear skin andeyes and healthy colorshowed no traces of feeble-ness. That boy had gainedtwenty pounds during thethree months of training, andwhen he dined with thewriter, that evening, showedthat he could tuck away ameal of the most…
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