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Updated: June 9, 2025
Was he thinking just then of the coins; or did he have some knowledge of the practical joke that had been played on old Peleg Growdy? "Now, tell us what it was, Alan," said Mrs. Stormways, encouragingly. "Well, perhaps in one way it may have been looked upon as something humorous, but it annoyed the old man very much. Last Sunday he went out to let his pigs run loose in the lot, as is his habit.
"What are you limping for, Bobolink?" "Oh! shucks! I see there's no use trying to hide anything from your sharp eyes, Jack Stormways. Guess I just about walked my feet off today, goin' fishin' with our patrol leader, away over to the Radway River, and about six miles up."
And besides, there were some things he would dearly love to fetch back with him things that Bunny had long gone without, for the boys had seen that she was barefooted. So it was arranged, to the delight of the good woman and the three young Stormways.
But for the details of that exciting episode the reader will have to be referred back to the preceding volume. Jack Stormways never glanced up at that tower but that he was forcibly reminded of that startling adventure; and a smile would creep over his face as he remembered some of the most striking features connected with the event.
The package did contain several articles in the line of groceries, which the good-hearted storekeeper judged the Stormways would be out of, and when she saw this evidence of his thoughtfulness the eyes of George's wife filled with tears, even though she laughed and appeared light-hearted. The balance of that day and the evening would long be remembered by the boys.
Says he called up your house, and they told him you were over at my home." Paul of course wondered who could be wanting him so positively that he even followed him over to the Stormways house. "Hello! hello!" he said, quietly. "That you, Paul?" "It's Bobolink, I guess," remarked Paul, for the benefit of his chum who stood by, listening curiously. "That's right," continued the voice over the wire.
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