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IO
IO JOHNNY BLOSSOM
thank you! A credit to the school. The
whistling grew louder and more piercing. A credit
to the school. He was going straight to Father
with this report, and would lay it right under
Father’s nose.
Well, he had been industrious. He had gone
over every lesson five times, and he could rattle
off all the exceptions in his German grammar
and all the mountains in Asia, even those with
the awfully hard names.
Really, it was rather pleasant to know your
lessons well and rank with the good scholars.
Now he should be able to crow over Asta.
She often had to sit the whole afternoon with
her fingers in her ears, mumbling and
studying, and even then couldn’t get her lessons
sometimes, and would cry; but, of course, she
was only a girl.
He would take this report to Uncle Isaac of
Kingthorpe, too. Uncle Isaac was always
questioning and probing to find out how he got
on at school. Now he should see! Sharp
whistling again pierced the air.
Another wonderfully interesting thing was
that "Goodwill of Luckton" had arrived. He had
seen it at Forsberg’s wharf when he was going to
school. At this thought Johnny Blossom broke
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