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"IT'S A VERY GOOD THING, MADAM, FOR YOU ... THAT MYFRIEND HERE IS NOT DEAD!"See page 40
Jack of Both Sides
The Story of a School War
BY
FLORENCE COOMBE
Author of "Boys of the Priory School" "A Chum Worth Having"
"Her Friend and Mine" &c.
ILLUSTRATED BY S. B. PEARSE
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND DUBLIN
CONTENTS
| Chap. | Page | |
| I. | The Joke that Failed | 5 |
| II. | Toppin's Dive | 16 |
| III. | The Chicken and the Bicycle | 30 |
| IV. | A Knock at the Window | 44 |
| V. | The Storm Breaks | 57 |
| VI. | The March Hare's Revenge | 71 |
| VII. | Hannah the Housemaid | 85 |
| VIII. | Jack's Maiden Speech | 94 |
| IX. | Lost—a Name | 103 |
JACK OF BOTH SIDES
CHAPTER I
THE JOKE THAT FAILED
"I say, you fellows, look here! What do you think of this? It's ourlunch!"
"This" was a large basket, lined with a white cloth, at the bottom ofwhich lay nine bread-pills. Nine boys looked down at them in ruefuldisgus
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