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"Did any of you observe which way he went when he went away?" "Yes," answered Sid Russell, "he went toward his trees." "That is toward the town," answered Sam. "Yes, so it is." "Have you observed anything peculiar about his conduct lately?" "No," replied Billy Bowlegs, "only that he's been a gettin' glummer an' glummer.
He laughed in a way that did me good. 'Guess again! he said. 'Did you take me for one of the nuts in the kennels? My name's Jack, and I belong to one of the grooms. 'What! I cried. 'You aren't Champion Bowlegs Royal or anything of that sort! I'm glad to meet you. So we rubbed noses as friendly as you please. It was a treat meeting one of one's own sort.
Tommy was of the party of course, and the other boys were Billy Bunker called Billy Bowlegs by the boys, because he was not bow-legged at all but on the contrary badly knock-kneed, Bob Sharp, a boy of about Tommy's size and age, and Sidney Russell, a boy of thirteen, who had "run to legs," his companions said, and was already nearly six feet high, and so slender that, notwithstanding his extreme height, he was the lightest boy in the company.
Esplanade, straight northern wall, broken by Court of Four Seasons, Court of the Universe, and Court of the Ages. Northern facades of all four buildings, ornate doors in duplicate of Spanish plateresque doorways. Main doorways, rich detail. Statues in niches, by Allen Newman, of New York. Center, "Conquistador," sixteenth century Spanish adventurer. Humorous touch in bowlegs.
Then he waked Billy Bowlegs, and, surrendering the paddle to him, went to sleep. There was no noise to disturb any one, and all the boys slept soundly, none of them more soundly than Sam, who had worked especially hard during the day, and had had a weight of responsibility upon him during the difficult voyage down the creek.
He sleeps over there by them trees," said Billy Bowlegs, pointing to a clump of trees about forty or fifty yards away, "an' I guess he's only gone over there. He never stays with us when you're not here." Sam strode over to the trees indicated, and searched carefully, but could find no trace of Jake there. Returning to the camp he asked:
He was very smartly dressed in a horsey way, and he walked with bowlegs, as though he spent most of his time in the saddle. He alone used scented pomade upon his neat smooth hair. His chief distinction was a greatcoat he wore, with a scarlet lining; and Warren, whose memory for names was defective, could only recall him by that peculiarity.
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