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Man on the Box

Harold MacGrath

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. . .nds, plunged into the same swimming-holes, and smoked our first cigar in the rear of my father's barn; and it is the recollection of such things that cements all the more strongly friendship in man and man. We recalled a thousand episodes and escapades, the lickings we got, and the lickings others got in our stead, the pretty school-teacher whom we swore to wed when we grew up. Nobody else had a chance to get a word in edgewise. But Nancy laughed aloud at times. She had been a witness to many of these long-ago pranks.

"What! you are not going to the ball?" I asked, observing that he wore only a dinner-coat and a pair of morocco slippers.

"No ball for me. Just as soon as you people hie forth, off comes this b'iled shirt, and I shall probably meander around the house in my new silk pajamas. I shall read a little from Homer—Jack, let me have the key to that locked case; I've an idea that there must be some robust old, merry old tales hidden . . . Read More

Community Reviews

Charming turn-of-the-century novel.

It was a fluffy little story, but following my goal of last year to find admirable male characters (specifically written by men) this is right up my alley. It did remind me of The Virginian - though not nearly as good - and I loved seeing the depth, longevity, and sacrificial nature of how love, and