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Title: Harper's young people
Year: 1879 (1870s)
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Subjects: Children's periodicals, American
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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which Mr. Smith led theway until they came withinsight of the river; then en-tering the ill-smelling hall-way of a tenement-house,he preceded Reg up threeflights of worn stairs, andknocked at the door of aback room. A woman whose baredarms held a screaming babyopened it. As soon as shecaught sight of Mr. Smithshe dropped an awkwardcourtesy, and then looked curiously at Reg, who in turn stared with round eyes at thewash-tub, cooking-stove, bed, and other like articles withwhich the room was crowded. In a very few words themanager explained what he wanted done, adding that hewould pay Mrs. Tinburn the same price for boarding Regas he would have given Sammy had he appeared in theplay. This offer the woman was only too glad to accept; andwith a hasty Good-by—remember, seven sharp, Mr.Smith hurried off, leaving Reg alone with the fat Irish-woman, and the mixed odor of soap-suds and onions. (TO BE CONTINUED.) FKIiKTAKY (1, ISM. HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. 217 !/v- • •, .£•- **feM:^?:SPil
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E HARE AND HOUNDS. BY SHERWOOD EYSE. VERY boy who has read that delightful book TomBroivns Sclwol Days will recall with pleasure thespirited description of the celebrated Crick run, which,after an existence of perhaps half a century, still holds itsplace as one of the greatest triumphs of school-boy life inEngland. The famous old school at Rugby was indeedthe birth-place of the sport of hare and hounds, as it wasalso of the modern game of foot-ball. Both sports havegrown, and spread themselves over the English-speakingworld, because they are manly, invigorating, and delight- ful pastimes for those who would harden their sin-ews, strengthen their lungs, and build up for them-selves mens bodies to do mens nobler work in thebattle of life. The desire for fame in the matter of records has insome clubs caused one of the principal pleasures of thismimic chase to be lost sight of. It is a common thingnowadays for a club to run over well-known trails, thedistance of which is known within a fe

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