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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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r was madder than all the rest. Nay,cried he, the wager is none of thine, and get thee gone,for by the law of the land thine ears should be clippedclose to thy head. Catch him ! cried another. Nay, said another still, let him een go, because ofhis tender years. Never a word said Robin,but he turned on his heel witha grim look and strode away, but his heart was full ofanger. Then he who had lost the wager, and whose headwas dizzy with ale, seized his bow, and crying, Ill hurrythee anon, sent an arrow whistling after Robin. Butfor the ale, Robin had never taken another step, for thearrow whistled within a palms-breadth of his head. Thenhe turned quickly, and bending his own bow, sent a shaftback in return. Ye said I was no archer, cried he.but say so now again. But the Forester never spakemore, for he fell upon the grass, his shafts rattling abouthim, and Robins arrow in his heart. But all before theothers could gather their wits, the youth was gone. 148 HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV.
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KOBIN ON HIS WAT TO NOTTINGHAM. Then the other Foresters lifted the dead man up andbare him a\vay to Nottingham Town. Meantime Robin ran through the greenwood, and allthe joy and brightness was gone from everything, for hehad slain a man. Alas! cried he, thou hast foundme an archer that will make thy wife wring her hands insorrow. So a hundred pounds reward was set upon his head, andhe became an outlaw, and lay hidden for two years withinSherwood depths. But in those two years many othersjoined him, and formed a famous band, and chose him tobe their leader and their chief, and many merry adven-tures they had, as you shall read hereafter. TWO UNEXPECTED NEW-YEARS CALLS BY MARGARET EYTINGE. T) EARS to me if I had some of em, pears to me IdJL git well right away, said Tony, in a fretful voice. Dont you member em, Sabie ? Yes, I member em good, replied Sabie, fanning thesick boy with an old straw fan she had picked up some- where. And then she went on to say thesame thing she had said a h

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