Excerpt from The Land of the Pigtail; Its People and Customs From a Boy's Point of View: 4th Thousand It had been known for some time past that Charley was expected home, and' a daily application at Mr. Cromwell's was at length rewarded with the intelligence that he would arrive in a day or two. Great expectations were raised concerning his return, for though none of the boys expected presents, they all hoped he would bring home with him some curiosities which they might inspect, and they were quite sure he would have some fine long yarns to tell, to which they might all listen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.