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Title: The Eagle's Nest

Author: S. E. Cartwright

Illustrator: William Rainey

Release Date: June 25, 2010 [EBook #32971]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: Cover art]

[Frontispiece: "LIE STILL," WHISPERED LEWIS, "SHE IS COMING THIS WAY!"]

The Eagle's Nest

BY

S. E. CARTWRIGHT

Author of "Tommy the Adventurous"

_Illustrated by William Rainey, R.I._

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED

LONDON AND GLASGOW

1899

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
50 Old Bailey, London
17 Stanhope Street, Glasgow
BLACKIE & SON (INDIA) LIMITED
Warwick House, Fort Street, Bombay
BLACKIE & SON (CANADA) LIMITED
1118 Bay Street, Toronto

Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow

CONTENTS

Chap.

I. A WASP IN THE SCHOOLROOM
II. UNDER THE LABURNUM-TREE
III. THE EAGLE'S NEST
IV. A ROPE-LADDER
V. THE BOY WHO MOUNTED IT
VI. A VICTIM
VII. JACK AND JILL
VIII. AN EARLY CHASE
IX. AN ALARMING JUMP
X. THE TRESPASSER
XI. CERTAIN LITTLE GARDENS
XII. A NEW LADDER
XIII. THE BROWN BAG
XIV. KEEPING SHOP
XV. A CUSTOMER
XVI. IMPRISONED IN A PARLOUR
XVII. IN AN EMPTY HOUSE
XVIII. THE RETURN AFTER SHOPPING
XIX. AN INTERESTING DITCH
XX. DISPUTES
XXI. OLD GAMES
XXII. THE VISITORS
XXIII. AN END OF HIDING
XXIV. EXPLANATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS

"LIE STILL," WHISPERED LEWIS, "SHE IS COMING THIS WAY!" . . . _Frontis._

A TALL, THIN MAN WAS CAREFULLY EXAMINING JACK

LEWIS WAS STILL LYING IN A SORT OF CRUMPLED-UP HEAP

THE EAGLE'S NEST

CHAPTER I

A WASP IN THE SCHOOLROOM

One bright May morning, Madge, Betty, and John were a little more
inattentive than usual over their lessons. Miss Thompson was very
patient. She knew that warm spring days were full of distracting
interests. The first wasp of the season managed to get into the
schoolroom and buzz ostentatiously on the window-pane