Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "NOT THERE, NOT THERE, MY CHILD!"] THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY By EDWARD EGGLESTON New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1919 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1883, By CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Copyright, 1910, By FRANCES G. EGGLESTON ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. The New Scholar 3 II. King Milkmaid 15 III. Answering Back 23 IV. Little Christopher Columbus 34 V. Whiling Away Time 43 VI. A Battle 48 VII. Hat-ball and Bull-pen 58 VIII. The Defender 70 IX. Pigeon Pot-pie 80 X. Jack and His Mother 97 XI. Columbus and His Friends 102 XII. Greenbank Wakes Up 113 XIII. Professor Susan 119 XIV. Crowing After Victory 127 XV. An Attempt To Collect 137 XVI. An Exploring Expedition 148 XVII. Housekeeping Experiences 154 XVIII. Ghosts 166 XIX. The Return Home 177 XX. A Foot-race for Money 189 XXI. The New Teacher 203 XXII. Chasing the Fox 210 XXIII. Called To Account 222 XXIV. An Apology 229 XXV. King's Base and a Spelling-lesson 238 XXVI. Unclaimed Top-strings 243 XXVII. The Last Day of School, and The Last Chapter of the Story 252 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS "Not there, not there, my child!" Frontispiece FACING PAGE Jack amusing the small boys with stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure 44 "Cousin Sukey," said little Columbus, "I want to ask a favor of you" 120 Bob Holliday carries home his friend 258 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY CHAPTER I THE NEW SCHOLAR