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Parkhurst Boys

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
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And so it did.

Number one went to college, and then number two was cock of the walk, and didn't I catch it then?
The ears that had recently smarted between another's finger and thumb were now deaf to my lamentations, and the knuckles that I had seen bruised and sore now played on my poor countenance as if it had been a tambourine.

It wasn't pleasant while it lasted, of course; but then it was all in the regular course of things, and had to be grinned at and borne; and besides it was a splendid training for me, when I came to be left ruler of the roost with young number four at my mercy.

Poor number four! he had a hard time of it.

He was a meek sort of fellow, and took a lot of bullying.


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