Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 24
W YORK CINCINNATI Four Books for Manly Boys TORRANCE FROM TEXAS By Joseph B. Ames A boy from Texas walked intoa New England school feelingpretty big. Why not? Had nthe been a cowboy, doing prac-tically all that a grown mancan do in the hardy life ofthe plains? Did nt he knowhorses, cattle, and how… … He has some rather bad timesfor a while, until he had learnednot to try running the school,but to fit in. Later, however,his turn came. He no longerbossed or swaggered—but wellhe might have crowed whenthe school went into camp inthe summer and he was easilythe best outdoor man in thebunch. But he…
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