15 Chapters
THE GREAT BASE-BALL MATCH. THERE was great excitement at The Pines. Randolph and Tom had practised several times with the Readville Base-Ball Nine, as I have said, Randolph taking the lead, finally, …
HUNTED TO EARTH. AS soon as the excitement over the base-ball match had died away, Tom’s moodiness returned. It was now near the end of August, and the little party at the Pines began to show signs o…
FOUND AT LAST. MR. PERCIVAL had spent a busy half-day in the open air, superintending matters on his farm. There were early potatoes to be dug, heavily laden branches of apple and pear trees to be pr…
QUIET DAYS AT THE PINES. WHO can describe the long, peaceful days of early autumn in the country? To our boys and girls at uncle Will’s, the hours were full of delight, though there were no more hair…
GOOD-BYE! THE morning of the last day at The Pines was full of sunshine. Ruel’s voice was heard, as early as five o’clock, out by the barn. The young folks, by a preconcerted plan, all rose at sunris…