“He called to mind the contents of the box; among other things, a certain big cake, with frosting on it, and, although he and Bob, as young athletes, were bound to hold such food in little regard, there was one thing about it which particularly impressed him just now, and that was the remembrance of how he had watched Bob’s sister, with her dainty little fingers, mould the frosting on the top, and how she had slyly wondered—as if there could be any doubt of it—whether they, meaning Tom, would think of her while they were eating it.”
Quotes by Ruel Perley Smith
“Jack Harvey surely would not need them aboard the Z. B. Brandt.”
Ruel Perley Smith
Ruel Perley Smith was a prominent American novelist and newspaper editor, best known for his engaging Rival Camper series of boys' books, which captured the adventurous spirit of youth in early 20th-c...