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When You Were a Boy

Chapter I

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The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.
U.S.A.
For permission to republish the following sketches the author is gratefully indebted to the Century Magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, Everybody’s Magazine, and the National Magazine.
PAGE I The Match Game 11 II You at School 39 III Chums 65 IV In the Arena 91 V The Circus 111 VI When You Ran Away 135 VII Goin’ Fishin’ 155 VIII In Society 179 IX Middleton’s Hill 195 X Goin’ Swimmin’ 219 XI The Sunday-School Picnic 239 XII The Old Muzzle-Loader 257 XIII A Boy’s Loves 277 XIV Noon 297
Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.
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When You Were a Boy

Chapter I

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The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.
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U.S.A.
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For permission to republish the following sketches the author is gratefully indebted to the Century Magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, Everybody’s Magazine, and the National Magazine.
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PAGE I The Match Game 11 II You at School 39 III Chums 65 IV In the Arena 91 V The Circus 111 VI When You Ran Away 135 VII Goin’ Fishin’ 155 VIII In Society 179 IX Middleton’s Hill 195 X Goin’ Swimmin’ 219 XI The Sunday-School Picnic 239 XII The Old Muzzle-Loader 257 XIII A Boy’s Loves 277 XIV Noon 297
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Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.
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1

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11

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111

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135

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155

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179

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195

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2

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219

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239

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257

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277

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297

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3

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39

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65

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91

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading U.S.A.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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Arena

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atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

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author

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Away

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b

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

Billy

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Bob

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

Boy's

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c

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Century

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cf

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Chub

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

Chums

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Circus

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Day

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Evening

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Everybody's

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Fat

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Fishin

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following

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ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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Game

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Goin

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gratefully

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Hen

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Hill

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Hod

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IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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II

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III

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InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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indebted

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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

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IV

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IX

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Kemp

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

Leslie

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

lf

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

Loves

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Lunt

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Magazine

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Mass

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From this reading The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

Match

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Middleton's

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Muzzle-Loader

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National

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Nixie

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Noon

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Norwood

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From this reading The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

O'Shea

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Old

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p

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PAGE

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permission

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Picnic

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Plimpton

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From this reading The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

Post

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Press

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From this reading The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

Ran

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republish

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rf

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S

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From this reading U.S.A.

Saturday

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Schmidt

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School

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sketches

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Society

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ss

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

Sunday-School

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Swimmin

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

Thornbury

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading For permission to republish the following sketches the author is gratefully indebted to the Century Magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, Everybody’s Magazine, and the National Magazine.

Tom

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From this reading Billy Lunt, c Fat Day, p Hen Schmidt, 1b Bob Leslie, 2b Hod O’Shea, 3b Chub Thornbury, ss Nixie Kemp, lf Tom Kemp, rf “You,” cf.

U

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From this reading U.S.A.

V

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VI

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VII

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VIII

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WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading PAGE I The Match Game 11 II You at School 39 III Chums 65 IV In the Arena 91 V The Circus 111 VI When You Ran Away 135 VII Goin’ Fishin’ 155 VIII In Society 179 IX Middleton’s Hill 195 X Goin’ Swimmin’ 219 XI The Sunday-School Picnic 239 XII The Old Muzzle-Loader 257 XIII A Boy’s Loves 277 XIV Noon 297

X

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XI

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XII

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XIII

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XIV

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YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading PAGE I The Match Game 11 II You at School 39 III Chums 65 IV In the Arena 91 V The Circus 111 VI When You Ran Away 135 VII Goin’ Fishin’ 155 VIII In Society 179 IX Middleton’s Hill 195 X Goin’ Swimmin’ 219 XI The Sunday-School Picnic 239 XII The Old Muzzle-Loader 257 XIII A Boy’s Loves 277 XIV Noon 297