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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Crofton Boys, by Harriet Martineau This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Crofton Boys Author: Harriet Martineau Release Date: August 26, 2007 [EBook #22410] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CROFTON BOYS *** Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works in the International Children's Digital Library.) THE CROFTON BOYS BY HARRIET MARTINEAU AUTHOR OF "THE PEASANT AND THE PRINCE," "FEATS ON THE FIORD," ETC., ETC. LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL NEW YORK: 9, LAFAYETTE PLACE Ballantyne Press BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO., EDINBURGH CHANDOS STREET, LONDON [Illustration: The Crofton Boys.] CONTENTS. I. ALL THE PROCTORS BUT PHIL II. WHY MR. TOOKE CAME III. MICHAELMAS-DAY COME IV. MICHAELMAS-DAY OVER V. CROFTON PLAY VI. FIRST RAMBLE VII. WHAT IS ONLY TO BE HAD AT HOME VIII. A LONG DAY IX. CROFTON QUIET X. LITTLE VICTORIES XI. DOMESTIC MANNERS XII. HOLT AND HIS DIGNITY XIII. TRIPPING XIV. HOLT AND HIS HELP XV. CONCLUSION THE CROFTON BOYS. CHAPTER I. ALL THE PROCTORS BUT PHIL. Mr. Proctor, the chemist and druggist, kept his shop, and lived in the Strand, London. His children thought that there was never anything pleasanter than the way they lived. Their house was warm in winter, and such a little distance from the church, that they had no difficulty in getting to church and back again, in the worst weather, before their shoes were wet. They were also conveniently near to Covent Garden market; so that, if any friend dropped in to dinner unexpectedly, Jane and Agnes could be off to the market, and buy a fowl, or some vegetables or fruit, and be back again before they were missed. It was not even too far for little Harry to trot with one of his sisters, early on a su
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