The Village Champion

Pat Murphy’s Trap
By W. O. STODDARD
Author of “Boys of Bunker Academy,” “On the Old Frontier,” “The Sword Maker’s Son,” etc.
PHILADELPHIA GEORGE W. JACOBS & CO. PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1903, by George W. Jacobs & Company Published, September, 1903




The Village Champion
It was towards the end of a very hot summer, and all the human population of that crowded square of the great city had spent the first half of the night in the streets. Either that, or in leaning halfway out of their windows to get a breath of fresh air.