File:Harper's young people (1879) (14752992871).jpg

Identifier: harpersyoungpeop00newy1883 (find matches)
Title: Harper's young people
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors:
Subjects: Children's periodicals, American
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
er companions, whowere younger than herself, lived at Willowvale, a mileaway, and found it more convenient to bring the mealwith them and eat it under the shadow of the great treesby which the school was surrounded. Directly behind the school-house rose the mountain.In front of it, occupying a shelf along the mountain-side.ran the turnpike; while down in the valley below woundthe railroad leading from the oil region to New York.About a thousand feet away from the school, on each side,the railroad curved toward the mountain and crossed theturnpike, so that no one could get to the school from ei-ther direction without going over the track. Everybodysaid that it was a bad place for a school-house, but no oneproposed moving it. It had been there, indeed, before therailroad was built; and Mr. John Graves, who was chair-man of the School Committee, argued that, being therefirst, it had the best right to the place, and if anything OCTOBER 30, 1883. HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE—WITH SUPPLEMENT. 825
Text Appearing After Image:
•YES,1 SHE SAID. LET US RUN FOR IT.1 S26 HAEPEES YOUNG PEOPLE—WITH SUPPLEMENT. VOLUME IV. was moved, it ought to be the railroad. So it stood, yearafter year, while the Oakridge children ran a daily risk ofbeing crushed liy the passing trains. Between the school-house and the track stretched a piece of woods, while be-hind and above the house a dense growth of birch, hick-ory, and oak covered the mountain to its top. Half-wayup, A little clearing disclosed the entrance to a, desertediron mine, from which a rough cart track wound downthe hill to the turnpike a little way from the school. •Its awfully hot, Jane had just exclaimed, taking abite of sandwich, and fanning herself with a mullein leafat the same time. So it is, Nellie assented. Im glad we dont haveto walk home to dinner. Molly did not speak. Her quick ear had caught thesound of three warning whistles from up the railroad, andshe was wondering what it might mean. Presently theysounded again, though the last one was drown

Note About Images