Excerpts from the Book 'All Fair':

... I knew you would come, sometime.. Indeed. How dear of you. How long ago was that.. Let's see-I was ten years old-eighteen years ago. Just ...
... was a matter-of-fact little thing, though I did have some queer fancies now I remember it. Her eyes had come back from the hills, fluttered about him ...
... I used to play Indians all by myself, and hide behind that stone wall there to shoot arrows at the pumpkins on the vines. I lived for a whole ...
... me see them. We must dig up the treasure. I'm dying for some excitement. Her intonation was imperative. Oh, it was only schoolboy nonsense. ...
... is it. she said, craning her neck to peer into the shadows under the roof. I'm afraid you can't get any nearer unless you dare to walk along ...
... asked. Yes, she cried, we must dig it up immediately.. He drew out a pencil and note-book and copied down the directions and rejoined her on ...
... a yardstick, he walked over to the pear-tree and drew up a barrel, which he ascended. I used to think this bough was terribly high, when I was a boy, ...
... hole first and measure afterward when you're a truly pirate.. With her assistance he gravely measured off the distance, then went five feet toward ...
... buried to his knees in the excavation, and looked up at her eagerly. Did you keep a diary. he asked. By Jove, I'd like to see it. I tried it ...
... let you see this yet.. Then you'll never see my diary, and it's a good deal more interesting than your old treasure.. He dug furiously for a few ...
... fell out. As she unfolded and read the scroll his head was perilously near hers. She did not seem to notice it, though the color swept up over her ...
... fastened by a faded ribbon to a blob of sealing-wax. The document ran thus:. I, hereby, sware, bing of sound mind that I will not marry or wedd any ...
... for reference, she said. I don't quite understand it yet.. You may have it on condition that you get me your diary immediately.. My diary ...
... promised. He reached out his hand. Did I. Well, take it then. She handed it to him and walked away through the trees toward the barn, while ...
... years of age like mamma was and He must be twenty-eight like papa. I like the name of Richard best of all names because it means brightness.. He ...
... replied. It's very comfortable to think that this has been going on so long.. We must have written our confessions at just about the same time, ...
... next to the book title above to view all of the titles that are currently available.... >>read more<... Ralph s suppositions were... >>read more<... is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include Out on the Pampas (1871), The Young Buglers ...
... danger to the settlers. All boys will read this story with eager and unflagging interest. The episodes are in Mr. Henty's very best... >>read more<