. Phaeton Rogers; a novel of boy life . ^ lT^-lf\(<:. v \. •« ,. IX* 1, ^1. fi ^ ••« <i/)XJiiyt-£i n^-l - \,\?j y ri- &t^&s: w\ff\ v^;Aif^ c 2 S5 ^J r. o 2 K HZ Hi asuu aH .* A HORIZONTAL BALLOON-ASCENSION. IO/ whenever one of our boys lagged behind in the race, andcame within reach of their sticks, he was pretty sure toget a sounding whack across the shoulders. I dare saythe Dublin boys would have received the same treatmentif they had not been ahead of us in the race, which theyalways were, either because they were better runners, orbetter prepared. Foremost of all was Patsy Rafferty,
. Phaeton Rogers; a novel of boy life . ^ lT^-lf\(<:. v \. •« ,. IX* 1, ^1. fi ^ ••« <i/)XJiiyt-£i n^-l - \,\?j y ri- &t^&s: w\ff\ v^;Aif^ c 2 S5 ^J r. o 2 K HZ Hi asuu aH .* A HORIZONTAL BALLOON-ASCENSION. IO/ whenever one of our boys lagged behind in the race, andcame within reach of their sticks, he was pretty sure toget a sounding whack across the shoulders. I dare saythe Dublin boys would have received the same treatmentif they had not been ahead of us in the race, which theyalways were, either because they were better runners, orbetter prepared. Foremost of all was Patsy Rafferty, who, by doinghis prettiest, had closed up the distance between himselfand the car, and was now abreast of it. Phaeton became excited, and, determined not to bebeaten, lightened his car by hurriedly throwing out oneof the bags of sand. Unfortunately, it struck the groundright in front of Patsy, and the next instant he stubbedhis toes on it and went sprawling into the gutter. When the Dublin women saw this, they probablytook it as full confirmation of the evil designs whichsomebody had told them we had on their sons, and someof our boys immediately paid
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