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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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nductor said he was proud ofthem, and so was Mi.-s Kceles, but the other teachers didnot make any remarks, and the Academ\ 1 Yincipal was inthe very front car. with his wife and his molher-in-law,and six of his own children and two of their aunts, andabout half of the Board of Trustees. K\-erybod\ knew thai he had all he- could attend to. and so they did not expectany more of him. Rube, Maid I.ill Chillendeii, just a little before theyreached the city, aint \»\\ tired : Ive been trying M..Ito sit down heavy till I cant stand it much longer. Have yez, thin ? interrupted Keli\ McCue. \Vudthe railroad he throubled if wan more Hy lit on it somewhere? YeII have to ate moren ye do now before theweight of yell count wid a railroad. Bill Chittenden was about I he thinnest boy that lived athis end of the village of Prome Centre, but it was cruel ofFelix McCue to tell him so in that way. He fore he hadtime-to say anything about Felixs light with the railroad - -r 6 - - i > v ^^_ . ., , . ^s
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• •THEY ARE PULLING THE MULES OUT. men when they tore down his mothers pig pen the loco-motive whistled to let the city know the train had come,and the whole Academy knew at once where it was. Bun, said Rube, weve got three hours. Whereare you going, first thing ? Going to see the canal. Father told me to. Itsright in the middle of the city, and maybe theyll take itaway now theyre making so many railroads. Mother 326 HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. VOLUME IV. says I rode on it once with her when I was a little chap,but I dont remember a word of it. Rube agreed that the canal must be worth seeing, butinsisted that he had seen it before, and would know whenthey came to it. Felix McCue saw them slipping awayfrom the crowd, and he darted after them as a matter ofcourse. Thats it, bys. Theres more fun wid three thanthere is wid three hundred. Im wid ye. Felix was a good fellow to have along, and they were afull square down the street before the Academy proces-sion could be formed at the city rai

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