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t.i.tle: The House of Torchy
Author: Sewell Ford
Ill.u.s.trator: Arthur William Brown
Release Date: June 21, 2007 [EBook #21882]
Language: English
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THE HOUSE OF TORCHY
BY SEWELL FORD
AUTHOR OF TORCHY, TRYING OUT TORCHY, SHORTY MCCABE, Etc.
ILl.u.s.tRATIONS BY ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS--NEW YORK
Copyright, 1917, 1918, by SEWELL FORD
Copyright 1918, by EDWARD J. CLODE
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I Torchy and Vee on the Way 1
II Vee with Variations 12
III A Qualifying Turn for Torchy 25
IV Switching Arts on Leon 44
V A Recruit for the Eight-three 60
VI Torchy in the Gazinkus Cla.s.s 79
VII Back with Clara Belle 96
VIII When Torchy got the Call 114
IX A Carry-on for Clara 134
X All the Way with Anna 152
XI At the Turn with Wilfred 172
XII Vee Goes Over the Top 193
XIII Late Returns on Rupert 214
XIV Forsythe at the Finish 232
XV The House of Torchy 250
XVI Torchy gets the Thumb Grip 272
XVII A Low Tackle by Torchy 288
XVIII Tag Day at Torchy"s 307
THE HOUSE OF TORCHY
CHAPTER I