The boys exchanged duties to give each the coveted entrance in turn.
In this way I became acquainted with the world that lay behind the green curtain.

The plays, generally, were of the spectacular order; without much literary merit, but well calculated to dazzle the eye of a youth of fifteen.

Not only had I never seen anything so grand, but I had never seen anything of the kind.

I had never been in a theater, or even a concert room, or seen any form of public amusement.

It was much the same with "Davy" McCargo, "Harry" Oliver, and "Bob" Pitcairn.