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Title: The Hoosier School-boy

Author: Edward Eggleston

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Language: English

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[Illustration: "NOT THERE, NOT THERE, MY CHILD!"]

THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY

By
EDWARD EGGLESTON

New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1919

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Copyright, 1883, By
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Copyright, 1910, By
FRANCES G. EGGLESTON

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The New Scholar 3
II. King Milkmaid 15
III. Answering Back 23
IV. Little Christopher Columbus 34
V. Whiling Away Time 43
VI. A Battle 48
VII. Hat-ball and Bull-pen 58
VIII. The Defender 70
IX. Pigeon Pot-pie 80
X. Jack and His Mother 97
XI. Columbus and His Friends 102
XII. Greenbank Wakes Up 113
XIII. Professor Susan 119
XIV. Crowing After Victory 127
XV. An Attempt To Collect 137
XVI. An Exploring Expedition 148
XVII. Housekeeping Experiences 154
XVIII. Ghosts 166
XIX. The Return Home 177
XX. A Foot-race for Money 189
XXI. The New Teacher 203