Bobby Blake at Rockledge School; or, Winning the Medal of Honor
Author: Frank A. Warner Genre: Young AdultBobby Blake at Rockledge School; or, Winning the Medal of Honor
ogether and grinning over the fen
at tree-you!" excla
so?" dem
d
Master Fred, in a most tantali
but he wasn't an albino, for albinoes have pink-rimmed eyes. His eyes were very stran
rown one. But Ap Plunkit had one eye that was of a sickly brown color, while the other was
other boys plagued him, and that had sour
d-headed monkey!" he shouted,
d your dog can't get me; not unless he can
e and knock you out
it," responded Fred, s
tarted for the hole in the fence. "
ine playmate for any boy, if he had not been trained to be ugly with all stranger
shouted Fred. "
obby Blake. "And you had better
d the farm boy. "My father says
and your father doesn't own this cre
ross our land to get
ating an apple. He threw the core at the dog and hit him on the nose. R
kicking up his heels excitedly. "Didn't ge
," ordered Bobby.
There was a heavy club of hard wo
that tree or Rove will eat
belong to you any more than they do to us," said Bo
the tree-trunk to get there, and t
jumped up and grabbed a limb, and pulled myself up. Have
t, Fred!" called
to the dog," said Fred, th
, and you stop pelting my dog!"
onded Fred, biting
anyway!" exclaimed Ap, who ha
e caught the latter so unexpectedly that he
hrieked Ap. "Bite
red-haired boy in the tree.
boys. Perhaps he was looking for a chance to bit
cked as he had been, he struggled manfully to escape the bigger boy. He
the hat. That was one of the dog's accomplishments. He was a Newfou
idently considered that, after all, his master and Bobby w
dog into the water, he twisted in Ap's grasp,
You're hurtin' me-you're k
o his favorite battle-cry, and he dropped f
wling farm-boy at once. "Come on, Fr
Fred, in disgust. "Let's duck him! L
e going to get out while we have the chance. I only trippe
. "I didn't get as ma
You come on,"
bled the red-haired boy. "Anyway," he added, picking up the cl
through the bushes. The dog had come ashore, and it and Ap Plunkit were quickly ou
e same," he declared. "Why didn't you
into a fight. You keep that up when you get to Rockle
o be in cold water right now. The s
t once-you know we
demanded Fr
thers we wouldn't go in but
take off our clothes and put on our sw
exclaimed Bobby. "And you wouldn't do it. Besides," he added, grinning
g fierce! No. I won't do that again. That's the day we built the raft
o home. That'll clean us up, and make us feel fresh. There's that old stump again, Fred. I
many square meals this summer, don't you know? It'll take a fancy fly, like th
d Bobby, who could be o
lared Fred. "I'll try off that rock yonder.
t fishing. No need to carry them back and forth to their homes in C
said Bobby, when Fred
ty, said yesterday morning? You know it rained the night before and th
p a worm, swallowed it, and flew right up into a
s; how can he sing that way when he'
going to drop this nice fellow right down besid
ied it again and again. He changed his bait and dropped a fresh
rom his station on the rock, a few yar
n't see any medals on you. Y
Fred, swiftly, and holding h
, wriggling, silver fish, about a finger long, shot into the air. But Fred had not been c
nd likely scared my t
were caught around a branch. The shiner dropped off the hook and rested in a crotch of
again until, stepping too far back, and pulling too hard, the line chanced to give a fo