Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 229
heside windows to see if anybody was coming along theroad. Somebody was coming — a tallish figure of a boy,with a peculiar droop in the shoulders, and an unmis-takable pitch of the hatrbrim. Its Worth ! said Chase, astonished. Thatsthe way he always wears his hat when hes in one ofhis dull moods.… … A little way off Worth paused, and looked up anddown; then made a quick and furtive side-starttowards the schoolhouse. He mustnt see that window open ! Chase thought,and hastened toclose the sash. A glance showedhim that Worth, oncoming around tothe rear of theschoolhouse, hadpaused again. It cant…
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