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A Young Hero
George Manville Fenn
Illustrated by Archibald Webb
 
 
 
A Young Hero
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Chapter One.Dr Martin wore a close-fitting black silk cap.Why?Well, the answer to the old riddle, “Why does a miller wear a whitehat?” is, “To keep his head warm.”That answer would do for a reply to the question why this grey,anxious-looking Dr Martin wore a close-fitting black silk cap as hesat poring over an old book opposite Phil Carleton, who also bentover a book; but he was not reading, for he had a pencil in his fingersand a sheet of paper covering one page, upon which sheet he wasmaking notes.Not a single one, for Phil was not far enough advanced for suchwork as that. He was drawing, after a fashion, and very busily, whenthe old Doctor, his tutor, suddenly looked up.“Now, my dear boy,” he said, “can you say that declension?”Phil started and shut up the book suddenly, turning very red thewhile.
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