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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... tree . That branch wasn't going to come begging at the window again , he said . He dug the saw fiercely into the tree joint and began grinding back and forth . The branch was more than half cut and beginning to crack with raw splinters ...
... tree . That branch wasn't going to come begging at the window again , he said . He dug the saw fiercely into the tree joint and began grinding back and forth . The branch was more than half cut and beginning to crack with raw splinters ...
Page 99
... tree . Tyler was poking at the branch and yanking at his fishing pole and interlarding his activity with expressions of disgust . He must have jerked the line up and over his shoulder so suddenly that the line had not only caught in the ...
... tree . Tyler was poking at the branch and yanking at his fishing pole and interlarding his activity with expressions of disgust . He must have jerked the line up and over his shoulder so suddenly that the line had not only caught in the ...
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... tree directly in front of Tyler , leaned against it , folded his arms casually across his chest and smiled . In the middle of a sentence Tyler snapped his mouth shut . He kept right on working but now he did it quietly , trying to ...
... tree directly in front of Tyler , leaned against it , folded his arms casually across his chest and smiled . In the middle of a sentence Tyler snapped his mouth shut . He kept right on working but now he did it quietly , trying to ...
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