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Page 30
... lads at the oars . A fellow wayfarer was disturbed one night at finding Bill's team at a standstill on a particularly deep stretch of mud , but was reassured on coming up with the redoubtable Bill half a mile farther back , and on being ...
... lads at the oars . A fellow wayfarer was disturbed one night at finding Bill's team at a standstill on a particularly deep stretch of mud , but was reassured on coming up with the redoubtable Bill half a mile farther back , and on being ...
Page 109
... lads were drifting away . Jack Churchfield set out , destination unknown , with his possessions tied up in a red handkerchief , dangling at the end of a stick laid over his shoulder . Bob McKelvie , aged about thirteen , and four feet ...
... lads were drifting away . Jack Churchfield set out , destination unknown , with his possessions tied up in a red handkerchief , dangling at the end of a stick laid over his shoulder . Bob McKelvie , aged about thirteen , and four feet ...
Page 129
... lads made a point of passing Sandy's way at those very times and of asking him with the utmost innocence how he was ... lad , are ye ? ' I tried him wi ' a March Broon , but he wad hae nane o ' it . Aye , an ' it was jist the same wi ...
... lads made a point of passing Sandy's way at those very times and of asking him with the utmost innocence how he was ... lad , are ye ? ' I tried him wi ' a March Broon , but he wad hae nane o ' it . Aye , an ' it was jist the same wi ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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