. Jack the hunchback; a story of adventure on the coast of Maine . Pratt. It wont do tolet her feel as she does, an the whole amount ofthe story is Ill have to leave Louis here while Itake the chances of gettin into the poorhouse byexplainin things to him. So deeply engrossed was he in his thoughtsthat no attention was paid to anything arounduntil he was brought to a standstill by hearing adisagreeably familiar voice cry,- Hold on, Hunchie, we want to know whereyou left the old maid!: Jack had halted involuntarily, and now wouldhave moved on again in the hope of escaping fromMaster Dean and hi
. Jack the hunchback; a story of adventure on the coast of Maine . Pratt. It wont do tolet her feel as she does, an the whole amount ofthe story is Ill have to leave Louis here while Itake the chances of gettin into the poorhouse byexplainin things to him. So deeply engrossed was he in his thoughtsthat no attention was paid to anything arounduntil he was brought to a standstill by hearing adisagreeably familiar voice cry,- Hold on, Hunchie, we want to know whereyou left the old maid!: Jack had halted involuntarily, and now wouldhave moved on again in the hope of escaping fromMaster Dean and his friends, but they barred hisway by closing in upon him. There was a large crowd on the grounds surgingto and fro, therefore the three boys had littledifficulty in forcing Jack to move in this directionor that as they chose, by pretending the press wasso great they could not prevent themselves frombeing pushed against him. Were goin down for a swim, Bill Deansaid as he linked his arm in the hunchbacks,an itll just about break our hearts if you cantcome with Jack the Hunchback. I dont want to do anything of the know very well a crooked feller like mecouldnt swim, no matter how hard he tried. Well show you how, so dont be frightened;and Bill motioned for Sam and Jip to force theintended victim along in the desired direction. Jack knew perfectly well he could not strugglesuccessfully against his tormentors, but at thesame time he did not intend allowing them totake him away from the throng where he mightfind assistance if necessary. I dont want to go with you, and shall asksome of these people to help me if you dont goaway. Then youd only be makin it all the hotter foryourself, cause we count on stayin here thewhole week, an you cant be tied to the oldmaids apron strings every minute of the time. Ill take my chances of that, so keep off or Illmake a disturbance. Bill had good reason to believe the cripplewould carry this threat into execution, and, notwishing to com
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