Ralph Henry Barbour

Name: Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

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“Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores”, published in 1907, is a work by Ralph Henry Barbour. It explores elements such as sweater, Chub and Roy.

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

“ The sail filled and the boat, with Roy lying like a log in the tiny cockpit and Joe Thurston crouched beside him, leaped away. The others, shouting their thanks to the marooned Bob, who, having no skates, decided to stay where he was until his chum returned to pick him up, hurried after the boat. At any other time they would have felt the cold terribly, deprived as they were of their sweaters, but just now they were far too excited. All talked at once as they raced along and Harry was forced to listen to much enthusiastic praise of her pluck and readiness. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

“ How about you, Harry?”
“I won’t say anything unless some one asks me,” said Harry.
“That’s all right, then,” said Roy. “Here, take some of these sweaters; you folks must be freezing to death. I’m as warm as toast now.”
“Doesn’t make any difference,” Dick declared. “You keep as many of those around you as you can. And when you get up the hill you sneak up to the dormitory and lie down and keep warm until supper time.”
“You ought to have some peppermint tea,” said Harry. “I’ll make some and give it to Chub to take over to you. It’ll warm you up inside beautifully!” ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

“ Please, God, let me be in time!” And presently, as she drew near, she saw Roy’s head above the surface and was sure that her prayer would be answered. Off came the brown sweater with the white F. H. upon it and away blew Harry’s tam-o’-shanter across the ice. And then she was down on her knees, crawling anxiously across the edge of the treacherous surface.
“Harry caught her sweater by the end of one sleeve and tossed it toward him”
Roy, with white face and closed eyes, his light brown hair plastered down upon his forehead, was beating the air feebly with his hands. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

“ Again she tried, calling his name as she did so, and a corner of the sweater fell under his grasping fingers and with relief she felt the garment strain and tighten. Roy opened his eyes and looked at her; even smiled a little, she thought; and said her name. Then she was putting all her strength into keeping her place, for he had closed his eyes again and seemed bent upon pulling her after him into the water. But help was close at hand. With a shout of encouragement Sid came racing up, followed breathlessly by Chub and Dick. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

“ Chub had Dick by the ankles and Sid held onto Chub, but it was slow work getting back to solid ice. Yet in the end they succeeded, and Roy, dripping and unconscious, lay safe.
“Is he dead?” whispered Sid brokenly.
“Not a bit of it,” Dick panted. “But we’ve got to get him home mighty quick or he will catch cold and have pneumonia and all sorts of things.” As he spoke he peeled off his sweater and wrapped it around Roy’s shoulders. “Let me have yours, you fellows,” he commanded.
“Look!” cried Harry. “There’s the ice-boat!” ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

“ To do that we’ve got to find out who the rich ones are. That means taking the Doctor into the scheme the next thing. So I move that Roy and Chub be appointed a committee of two to wait on him this afternoon, or as soon as possible, and tell him about it. And Harry and I will get to work on this circular.”
“Well,” said Chub, “if I must I must, but it seems to me that Dick ought to take my place because he can talk a lot better and explain the thing.”
“There was a full attendance of the Improvement Society”
“Let Roy do most of the talking,” advised Dick. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

“ Weighted with skates and heavy clothing, including the thick crimson sweater which he usually wore, he was seriously handicapped from the start. And to make matters worse, the thin ice broke under the slightest weight he put upon it. If he could keep himself afloat long enough to break his way to the side of the cutting and reach the thick ice he might hold on until some one reached him. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Tom, Dick and Harriet — 7. Harry Evens Old Scores (1907)

“ By degrees hopelessness seized him and he began to feel indifferent; the lower part of his body seemed to have left him; he believed that he was working his legs in an effort to tread water, but there was no sensation there. ”

Ralph Henry Barbour

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