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Back to the Woods, by Hugh McHugh
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Title: Back to the Woods
Author: Hugh McHugh
Release Date: June 13, 2004 [eBook #12609]
Language: English
Character set encoding: US-ASCII
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BACK TO THE WOODS
The Story of a Fall from Grace
BY HUGH McHUGH
AUTHOR OF
"JOHN HENRY," "DOWN THE LINE WITH JOHN HENRY," "IT'S UP TO YOU," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
1902
To all the boys in the Hammer Club:--Greetings and gesundheit! Get together now and hit hard--for the Devil loveth a Cheerful Knocker.
CONTENTS.
JOHN HENRY'S LUCKY DAYS
JOHN HENRY'S GHOST STORY
JOHN HENRY'S BURGLAR
JOHN HENRY'S COUNTRY COP
JOHN HENRY'S TELEGRAM
JOHN HENRY'S TWO QUEENS
JOHN HENRY'S HAPPY HOME
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Yours till the last whistle blows, believe me! John Henry
Clara J.--A Dream of Peaches--Please Pass the Cream
Uncle Peter--the Original Trust Tamer
Aunt Martha--a Short, Stout Bundle of Good Nature
Tacks--the Boy Disaster
Bunch Jefferson--All to the Good and Two to Carry
CHAPTER I.
JOHN HENRY'S LUCKY DAYS.
Seven, come ele