Harper's Round Table, February 16, 1897

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Harper's Round Table, February 16, 1897

by Various Authors

EN·~2 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total
1

THE RINGGOLD ARCHERS.A CONSTABULARY SLIP.A VALENTINE PARTY.THE MIDDLETON BOWL A LOYAL TRAITOR.THE USE OF TORPEDOES IN WAR.TUMBLE-BUGS.THE ACCOMMODATING ISLAND.INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG MEN.STAMPS.THE POLITE GHOST THE CAMERA CLUB.

0:28
2

THE RINGGOLD ARCHERS. - A REMINISCENCE. - BY FRANK R. STOCKTON.

15:18
3

A CONSTABULARY SLIP. - BY H. G. PAINE.

5:49
4

A VALENTINE PARTY. - BY MARY B. SLEIGHT.

5:25
5

THE MIDDLETON BOWL - BY ELLEN DOUGLAS DELAND. - CHAPTER VI.

19:28
6

A LOYAL TRAITOR. - A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN AMERICA AND ENGLAND. - BY JAMES BARNES. - CHAPTER XVII. - WHEREIN I BECOME AN OFFICER.

19:33
7

THE USE OF TORPEDOES IN WAR. - HOW THEY ARE MADE, AND WHAT THEY DO. - BY FRANKLIN MATTHEWS.

11:30
8

TUMBLE-BUGS. - BY CHARLES G. MORTON.

7:14
9

THE ACCOMMODATING ISLAND. - ONE OF THE OLD SAILOR'S YARNS. - BY W. J. HENDERSON.

27:42
10

THE - PAINTED - DESERT

0:12

Description

Looking back, the narrator recalls the summer he and a handful of friends formed a tiny archery troupe, naming themselves after the daring Major Ringgold of the Mexican War. Their youthful reverence for romance and heroism drove them to imagine charging with swords drawn and hair flying, even if the details remained vague. The story opens with their earnest plans to create a simple green uniform that would mark them as true archers.

With pocket‑money pooled, they set out to a dry‑goods store, hoping to buy a single bolt of cheap cloth that could be cut into blouses for each member. A comical mishap occurs when the fabric they select, dazzled by the store’s lighting, turns out to be bright blue rather than the expected Robin‑hood green. Undeterred, the boys decide to wear the mistaken material, entrusting their mothers and aunts to fashion the ill‑fated uniforms while their summer campaign looms.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (140K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Annie R. McGuire

Release date

2019-11-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

VA

Various Authors

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