The New Boy At Hilltop And Other Stories

"The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories" by Ralph Henry Barbour. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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Ralph Henry Barbour (1870 1944) was an American novelist, who wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. During his career he wrote over 100 novels and numerous short stories. The New Boy at Hilltop and Other Stories was published in 1910. Stories in this collection include The New Boy at Hilltop, The Proving of Jerry, Mcturkle, the Band, The Triumph of "Curly", Patsy, His First Assignment, Pemberton's Fluke, The Seventh Tutor, A Race with the Waters, A College Santa Claus, The Triple Play, and The Dub.

Hilltop School closed its fall term with just ninety-five students; it opened again two weeks later, on the third of January, with ninety-six; and thereby hangs this tale. Kenneth Garwood had been booked for Hilltop in the autumn, but circumstances had interfered with the family's plans. Instead he journeyed to Moritzville on the afternoon of the day preceding the commencement of the new term, a very cold and blustery January afternoon, during much of which he sat curled tightly into a corner of his seat in the poorly heated day coach, which was the best the train afforded, and wondered why the Connecticut Valley was so much colder than Cleveland, Ohio. He had taken an early train from New York, and all the way to Moritzville had sought with natural eagerness for sight of his future schoolmates. But he had been unsuccessful. When Hilltop returns to school it takes the mid-afternoon express which reaches Moritzville just in time for dinner, whereas Kenneth reached the school before it was dark, and at a quarter of five was in undisputed possession, for the time being, of Number 12, Lower House