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The Worst Boy in Town

Chapter 1: THE WORST BOY IN TOWN
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A series of episodic tales follows Jack Wittingham, the spirited son of a town physician, whose mischievous pranks, truancies, and well-meaning but impulsive schemes repeatedly provoke neighbors and authorities. Each chapter traces incidents from a botched nautical expedition and neighborhood mischief to experiments in gravity, moral reflections, punishments, and efforts at reform, including running away and attempts to make amends. The narrative balances comic capers with lessons about responsibility, reputation, and growth, showing how misbehavior, social judgment, and youthful good intentions collide as Jack learns consequences and occasionally finds quiet consolation or restitution.


"A NAUTICAL EXPEDITION."


THE WORST BOY IN TOWN

BY
JOHN HABBERTON
AUTHOR OF "BARTON EXPERIMENT," "OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN,"
ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS,
182 FIFTH AVENUE
1880

Copyright by
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS,
1880.

TO VERY BAD BOYS,
AND TO THE FINE OLD FELLOWS
WHO ONCE WERE CALLED VERY BAD BOYS,
THIS BOOK IS SYMPATHETICALLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR.