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Parkhurst Boys

CHAPTER SEVEN
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And there was another thing I noticed about these old hands: they behaved in the laziest of manners.

They sprawled on the grass or sat on the benches, appearing disinclined for the slightest exertion; while others, less experienced, took preliminary canters along the tracks, or showed off over the hurdles.

Fine fellows, no doubt, they thought themselves; but they had reason to be sorry for this waste of energy before the day was out.
Programmes! With what excitement I seized mine and glanced down it! There it was! "Number 12.

Three-legged Race, 100 yards, for boys under 15.

1, Trotter and Walker (pink); 2, White and Benson (green); 3, Adams and Slipshaw (blue)." Reader, have you ever seen your name in print for the first time?
Then you may imagine my sensations! Things now begin to look like business.


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