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2 stories matching lad
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:ladd, lade, ladi, ladl, ladu, laddi
- The Young Hunter of the Natchees
A twelve-year-old boy proves his mettle by taking down a lynx to save his father's hunting dogs.
- The Boy Too Tough for the Reform School
A teenage burglar escapes Chehalis, stumps the trustees, and triggers a constitutional standoff over who must deal with an incorrigible child.