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A Young Hero; or, Fighting to Win
The story revolves around a young boy named Fred Sheldon, who displays courage and a sense of justice as he navigates childhood conflicts and a larger adventure involving theft.
"A Young Hero; Or, Fighting to Win" by Edward Sylvester Ellis is a children's novel. The story revolves around a young boy named Fred Sheldon, who displays courage and a sense of justice as he navigates childhood conflicts and a larger adventure involving theft.
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"A fight! A fight! Form a ring!" A dozen or more excited boys shouted these words, and, rushing forward, hastily formed a ring around two playmates who stood in the middle of the road, their hats off, eyes glaring, fists clenched, while they panted with anger, and were on the point of flying at one another with the fury of young wildcats.
They had been striking, kicking and biting a minute before over some trifling dispute, and they had now stopped to take breath and gather strength before attacking each other again with a fierceness which had become all the greater from the brief rest.
"Give it to him, Sam! Black his eyes for him! Hit him under the ear! Bloody his nose!"
Thus shouted the partisans of Sammy McClay, who had thrown down his school books, and pitched into his opponent, as though he meant to leave nothing of him.
The friends of Joe Hunt were just as loud and urgent.
"Sail in, Joe! You can whip him before he knows it! Kick him! Don't be a coward! You've got him!"
A party of boys and girls were on their way home from the Tottenville public school, laughing, romping and frolicking with each other, when, all at once, like a couple of bantam chickens, these two youngsters began fighting.
The girls looked on in a horrified way, whispering to each other, and declaring that they meant to tell Mr. McCurtis, the teacher, including also the respective mothers of the young pugilists.
Contents
- 01Chapter I. The Peacemaker.
- 02Chapter II. The Call to School.
- 03Chapter III. Startling News.
- 04Chapter IV. On Guard.
- 05Chapter V. Brave Work.
- 06Chapter VI. On the Outside.
- 07Chapter VII. "The Lion Is Loose!"
- 08Chapter VIII. A Day of Excitement in Tottenville.
- 09Chapter IX. Several Mishaps.
- 10Chapter X. A Brave Act.
- 11Chapter XI. A Reward Well Earned.
- 12Chapter XII. A Business Transaction.
- 13Chapter XIII. The Eavesdropper.
- 14Chapter XIV. Fred's Best Friend.
- 15Chapter XV. The Meeting in the Wood.
- 16Chapter XVI. Bud's Mishaps.
- 17Chapter XVII. Two Unexpected Visitors.
- 18Chapter XVIII. Eureka!
- 19Chapter XIX. A Slight Mistake.
- 20Chapter XX. All in Good Time.
- 21Chapter XXI. How It Was Done.
- 22Chapter XXII. An Attempted Rescue.
- 23Chapter XXIII. The Silverware Returned.
- 24The Walnut Rod.
- 25How the Hatchet Was Buried.
- 26Hanschen and the Hares.
About this edition
- Author
- Edward Sylvester Ellis
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 145 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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