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Bobby Blake at Rockledge School: or, Winning the Medal of Honor
Bobby Blake at Rockledge School; or, Winning the Medal of Honor
CHAPTER I
"THE OVERLAND LIMITED"
A boy of about ten, with a freckled face and fiery red hair cropped close to his head, came doubtfully up the side porch steps of the Blake house in Clinton and peered through the screen door at Meena, the Swedish girl.
Meena was tall and rawboned, with very red elbows usually well displayed, and her straw-colored hair was bound in a tight "pug" on top of her long, narrow head. Meena had sharp blue eyes and she could see boys a great way off.
"Mis' Blake – she ban gone out," said Meena, before the red-haired boy could speak. "You vant somet'ing? No?"
"I – I was looking for Bobby," said the visitor, stammeringly. He and Mrs. Blake's Swedish girl were not on good terms.
"I guess he ban gone out, too," said Meena, who did not want to be "bothered mit boys."
The boy looked as though he thought she was a bad guesser! Somewhere inside the house he heard a muffled voice. It shouted:
"Whoo! whoo! whoo-whoo-who-o-o-o!"
The imitation of a steam whistle grew rapidly nearer. It seemed to be descending from the roof of the house – and descending very swiftly. Finally there came a decided bang – the landing of a pair of well-shod feet on the rug – and the voice rang out:
"All out! All out for last stop! All out!"
"That's Bobby," suggested the boy with the red hair, looking wistfully into Meena's kitchen.