| vol. iii.—no. 135. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, May 30, 1882. | Copyright, 1882, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
"BOW-WOW!"THE BIG BLAST AT THE STONE QUARRY.
BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD.
It was Friday afternoon, right in the middle of May, and it seemed as ifthe wide front door of Prome Centre Academy would never get throughletting out just one more squad of boys or girls. It was quite thecustomary thing for Felix McCue to have to wait a little later than therest.
Miss Eccles was a faithful teacher, and she had often told Felix what aninterest she took in him; but he could have heard it a great deal morethankfully at any other time than just after school, and when he knewthe other boys were waiting for him. He knew they were, because he hadshowed them his slate in the arithmetic class, and they had read on it,in big letters, "Got something to tell you. Big."
He had printed every word of it, and he was glad he had done so now, forif he had not he would have been all alone when he at last got outsideof the great door. He did not do that, either, until Miss Eccles hadlooked him in the face for ten of the lon