Lem, a New England Village Boy: His Adventures and His Mishaps (Classic Reprint)

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In front of the Parker house was a large piece of grassy land, sloping down to the street below, and owned by nobody in particular. This was the Common. On one side of it was the county court house, and behind that was the dreadful jail; and on the other side of the Common was the Master's school. The Master's school was intended for the biggest boys and girls in town; the Mistress's school, which was in Pleasant Street, took in the smaller scholars. Thus it happened that Lem, living as he did on the Common, was the play mate of boys much older than himself and when he wanted company, which was Often, he had only to go out of his front gate and he would be sure to find boys ready to play with him.

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