Bobby Blake on the School Nine; Or, The Champions of the Monatook Lake League

Applethwaite Plunkit was the son of a farmer who lived a short distance out of town. He was older and larger than the rest of the boys gathered on the station platform, and they...

They stepped off the platform into a crowd of their schoolmates, who had come down to welcome them. There they were, shouting and laughing and all talking at once--Billy Bassett...

Belden had its own idea as to who was to be "downed," and almost the whole school went to Rockledge with colors flying on the great day that was to decide who should carry off t...

Tom Hicksley had caught sight of the three boys at the same moment, and from the spiteful look that came into his small eyes it was clear that he recognized Bobby and Fred.

Once more, as though unwilling to admit that it was conquered, the train backed up and then made a forward dash. But the result was the same. The snorting monster seemed to give...

As Bobby's watch had been the only one in the party, the boys had not been able to keep track of the time during the latter part of their journey, and they were a little fearful...

"Well," conceded Frank, "confidence is a good thing, especially if there is good hard work back of it. One thing is certain, and that is if any team beats Rockledge it will know...

Frank, with the instinct of the true story teller, waited until he had got his audience worked up to the proper pitch. Then when they were on edge, he proceeded:

The boys needed no second invitation. Even Pee Wee shook off his usual laziness. With a single impulse they sprang from their chairs and trooped out into the dining room.

For several minutes the boys were the least bit quiet and subdued. There is always something sobering in going away from home and leaving relatives and friends behind, especiall...

The school chums sat up late in the dormitory that night, nursing their bruises, and by the time they had got through applying arnica and other lotions, the place smelled like a...

The housekeeper carried out the principal's order to the letter. And she did it with the better grace because she herself was fond of the boys. She bustled about and in a very s...

A tumult of shouts and laughter rose into the frosty air from a group of boys, ranging in age from ten to twelve years, who were throwing and dodging snowballs near the railroad...

The travel was indeed very light on that particular day. There were only six or eight people scattered through the car. This was due in part to the snowstorm. Nobody would do mu...

Although feeling rather uneasy because of the man's rough manner, the boys hardly saw what they could do but accept the invitation, and they went inside. The next moment they wi...

Bobby sat as if stunned. There was bitter revolt in his heart against the injustice of it all. And, in addition, he felt as though he would like to get at Hicksley and thrash hi...

The next morning the boys woke to the realization that it was St. Valentine's Day. There were valentines in their mail, valentines that had been slipped slyly into their pockets...

The Rockledge rooters regarded this as a good omen and greeted it with wild shouts. They all had a warm spot in their hearts for Bobby, and they had been disgusted at the unspor...

For the first third of the distance, the ice was as smooth as quicksilver, with never a lump or hummock to mar the surface. The sleds flew down the frozen surface, gaining a vel...

"Sure it is," replied Hicksley tersely. "Who did you think it was? What's the matter with you fellows anyway. Any one might think I was a cop, from the time you took to open the...

An untimely snow storm that was wholly unlooked for by the boys dismayed them by putting a stop to their practice for the time being. But the snow, though heavy, did not last lo...

He slunk away, while the boys, who had crowded out into the hall at the sound of combat and had viewed with rapture the defeat of the bully, gathered about Bobby, who, except fo...

"He'll never hear the last of it as long as he stays in school," said Shiner. "Every once in a while a dead mouse will turn up on his desk and make him hopping mad."

"I wonder if he and Pat have met each other since we came away," said Bobby, as he recalled the scene at the railway station on the morning they left Clinton.

Hicksley started off in good shape. The first man up went out on a foul that Sparrow caught after a long run. The second batter, who was left-handed, could do nothing with the b...

As the boys approached the school, they saw a figure in the road a little way ahead that seemed familiar to them. They quickened their pace, quickly overtaking Dago Joe.

"It's the most atrocious and cowardly thing I've heard of for a long time," he ejaculated. "To think of those scoundrels robbing you of everything you had, even your railroad ti...

There was no trouble at all in finding out the reason why Rockledge was the tail-ender. The batting and fielding of the team was all that could be asked for. Both in offense and...

"We were going along the hall to Mr. Carrier's classroom that afternoon," put in Jimmy, "and the door into your room was open because the day was so warm. We peeped in as we wen...

"Such conduct is subversive of all discipline," went on Mr. Leith in his stilted way and trying to get control of his voice. "If the boy who did that will confess, I will take t...