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Title: A Son of the City
A Story of Boy Life

Author: Herman Gastrell Seely

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Language: English

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A SON OF THE CITY

A Story of Boy Life

by

HERMAN GASTRELL SEELY

Illustrations by Fred J. Arting

Chicago
A. C. McClurg & Co.
Copyright 1917
Published October, 1917
W. F. Hall Printing Company, Chicago

To My Father

THE COMPANION OF MANY A YOUTHFUL STROLL THROUGH CITY PARK AND SUBURBAN
FIELD

[Illustration: _"H'ist away," he ordered finally. "I'll shove under when
he gets high enough."_]

CONTENTS

I. In Which Our Hero Goes Fishing

II. In Which He Goes to School

III. He Plays a Trick on the Doctor

IV. In Which a Terrific Battle Is Waged

V. He Composes a Love Missive

VI. In Which We Learn the Secret Code of the "Tigers"

VII. He Goes to a Halloween Party

VIII. Wherein He Resolves to Get Married

IX. He Saves for "Four Rooms Furnished Complete"

X. Concerns Santa Claus Mostly

XI. He Has a Very Happy Christmas

XII. In Which the Path of True Love Does Not Run Smoothly

XIII. He Crushes and Humiliates a Rival

XIV. He Buys Valentines

XV. The Spring Brings Baseball

XVI. More About "The Greatest Game in the World"

XVII. He's "Through With Girls"

A SON OF THE CITY

CHAPTER I

IN WHICH OUR HERO GOES FISHING

Startled from a sound sleep, he fumble