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"I say, Hurrah for Harlan!" said Harry Wilson, and the boys gave a cheer. "Give us a good one, John," said mischievous Jimmy Jackson. "Order!" said the chairman. "Mr. Harlan has the fl-floor, the c-c-cellar-door, I mean. Be q-quiet, J-J-Jackson, or I'll reprimand you severely." "I'm perfectly quiet," said Jackson. "Haven't spoken a word for an hour."
If anybody laughed at him he only replied, "There is nothing I am more proud of than that I am not afraid to be useful." This independence, this utter contempt for the sneers of others when he was right, made the boys look for something a little peculiar when Tom should come to his story. "G-g-gentlemen! this c-c-cellar-door society will come to order. Tom Miller, the dominie "
If there was any general favorite it was John; for while his poverty excited the sympathy of all, his manliness and generousness of heart made everybody his friend, and so, when Sampson got the boys quiet, he announced: "G-g-gentlemen of the order of the c-c-cellar-door, the story-teller for th-the evening is our friend Harlan. P-p-please c-come forward to the t-top, Mr. Harlan."
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