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Title: Bobby Blake at Rockledge School or Winning the Medal of Honor Author: Frank A. Warner Release Date: June 03, 2013 [EBook #39799] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOBBY BLAKE AT ROCKLEDGE SCHOOL
_Author of_ "BOBBY BLAKE AT BASS COVE" "BOBBY BLAKE ON A CRUISE," Etc.
I. "The Overland Limited" II. Apples and Applethwaite Plunkit III. Fred in Trouble IV. An Eventful Afternoon V. The Tale of a Scarecrow VI. A Fish Fry and a Startling Announcement VII. Financial Affairs VIII. The Peep-Show IX. Off for Rockledge X. New Surroundings XI. Getting Acquainted XII. In the Dormitory XIII. The Poguey Fight XIV. The Honor Medal XV. Getting Into Step XVI. Hot Potatoes XVII. Lost at Sea XVIII. The Bloody Corner XIX. The Result XX. On the Brink of War XXI. Give and Take XXII. What Bobby Said XXIII. Good News Travels Slowly XXIV. Red Hair Stands for More Than Temper XXV. The Winner
A boy of about ten, with a freckled face and fiery red hair cropped close to his head, came doubtfully up the side porch steps of the Blake house in Clinton and peered through the screen door at Meena, the Swedish girl.
Meena was tall and rawboned, with very red elbows usually well displayed, and her straw-colored hair was bound in a tight "pug" on top of her long, narrow head. Meena had sharp blue eyes and she could see boys a great way off.
"Mis’ Blake—she ban gone out," said Meena, before the red-haired boy could speak. "You vant somet’ing? No?"
"I—I was looking for Bobby," said the visitor, stammeringly. He and Mrs. Blake’s Swedish girl were not on good terms.
"I guess he ban gone out, too," said Meena, who did not want to be "bothered mit boys."
The boy looked as though he thought she was a bad guesser! Somewhere inside the house he heard a muffled voice. It shouted:
The imitation of a steam whistle grew rapidly nearer. It seemed to be descending from the roof of the house—and descending very swiftly. Finally there came a decided bang—the landing of a pair of well-shod feet on the rug—and the voice rang out: