The Rejiment Stories Volume I of II - 1918 - 402 pages

The very first Seckatary Hawkins stories were printed in the newspaper 2/3/1918 through 12/31/1918 - tales about young 5,6, and 7 year old boys who were friends before the club was formed. They did not have a clubhouse yet, and were loosely formed with meetings down by the old Sycamore tree near the riverbank a little later on in the chapters. The antics and situations are sometimes outrageous in our modern eyes; but were written as the young children of the 1920's talked. Every boy and girl identified with these stories, and understood exactly what was printed. Today, we have a little trouble deciphering the actual meaning in such antiquated language and lack of punctuation that was the wont of these boys. But we have presented each chapter so that you might easily take up with the writing style. If you read through To Kill a Mockingbird, and others such as Huckleberry Finn books, you will realize that all Americans should be able to get adjusted to the riverbank talk very easily. Words spelled such as "purty" and "figgered" and "dident" can be figgered out pretty easily, right?  There are lots of laughs with these boys who you will find much in common with. You will learn how things developed to bring the F&S Club into being. Club members at the Big Meeting asked about old subjects such as "Chinese Magic" from stories that came up in the first 11 books, and I am happy to say you will find some references in these stories and the 1919 sequels which will follow very soon.