I, AdamWhen Adam Crane finished school in 1850, he thought he had graduated to manhood. However, a series of adventures taught him that manhood has to be won. A school teacher, a girl, a small boy and a scheming farmer all played parts in helping him to find his right place in the world. |
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... Newlands hurried the boys through their meal and shooed them outdoors while Mr. Newlands pushed back his chair and lit his pipe . He was a tall , spare man who had a way of listening that made you feel he had shut out everything else in ...
... Newlands hurried the boys through their meal and shooed them outdoors while Mr. Newlands pushed back his chair and lit his pipe . He was a tall , spare man who had a way of listening that made you feel he had shut out everything else in ...
Page 121
... Newlands went on , " he fell into the hands of an un- scrupulous agent from up Hartford way - the man who represents this Western company you heard about . This man sized up Sharkey as a weak sister and he took over the reins . He began ...
... Newlands went on , " he fell into the hands of an un- scrupulous agent from up Hartford way - the man who represents this Western company you heard about . This man sized up Sharkey as a weak sister and he took over the reins . He began ...
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... Newlands said , and perhaps eventually find him in New York before he sailed . It wasn't fast enough , Adam felt , walking restlessly around the kitchen . He had been tied up so long that now he longed to do something . Sarah looked up ...
... Newlands said , and perhaps eventually find him in New York before he sailed . It wasn't fast enough , Adam felt , walking restlessly around the kitchen . He had been tied up so long that now he longed to do something . Sarah looked up ...
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