find and all eyes were directed towards the stood on the rail leaning against the of the main but he did not seem to be as much interested in the race as his companions he was thinking of something besides the graceful and when the signal for the start was given he quietly slipped down from his position to the deck while all eyes were strained to take in the movements of the several after a glance at the faculty and the officers to satisfy himself that he was not observed he moved over to the and went below every soul on board was on the deck eagerly watching the race and no one was thinking of him he could hear the cheers of the multitudes which crowded every boat and vessel near the ship hastening to his berth which was close by the ladder he removed the and thrust his arm into the berth sack which proved to be the hiding place of the key it was drawn from its resting place and after a glance up the to satisfy himself that he was still unobserved he entered the main cabin and stood before the closet which contained the iron safe � here an unexpected difficulty occurred the closet door was locked but he had gone too far to retire without an effort to his purpose he went into tlie principal s state room where he found several keys on a nail with them he returned to the closet and young in ireland and scotland i i after trying several of them he found one which fitted the lock as he opened it a rousing cheer from the ship s company above assured him that everybody was absorbed in the progress of the race the large brass key in tlie key hole of the safe he opened the door in a couple of small drawers in the safe he found the money one of them containing the gold and the other the silver each done up in small rolls had tried to persuade himself while contemplating this act that he was an honest boy that he only intended to take what was his own but now that the deed was to be he had not time to count the money and take just the amount which belonged to him and to the friends he represented he meant to take enough and he did he slipped three of the rolls of gold into his pockets without knowing how much they contained closing the drawers and the safe and the closet he returned the key of the latter to the nail in mr s state room his heart beat violently and his hands trembled as he closed the door of the main cabin and hastened to his berth again in spite of his philosophy he was not satisfied with what he had done he was fearful of and he could not help thinking how dismal it would be to spend a week in the instead of going to london on his own hook but the deed was done he had the money and he had the safe key either of which being found upon him would expose his guilt he had no further use for the key and he decided to get rid of that at once his quarters were on the side while the and or ship s company were all on the port side the bull s eye in the passage was open and reaching his arm through the he dropped the key into the deep waters of the bay that was gone and it could not rise up to condemn him he was almost tempted by the oppression of his guilt and the fear of detection to drop the three rolls of gold overboard but another cheer from the convinced him that all hands were still intent upon the race and he began to reproach himself for being then as he thought of travelling with genial companions to london and paris his evil purpose was confirmed what to do with the rolls of gold was a troublesome question to settle but it was saturday afternoon and tlie would not be again for four days if th y were each student conveyed his own on deck and he could remove the gold for the occasion as he had the key the three rolls of gold were taken from his pocket they were very heavy for their size and he could not resist the temptation to open one of them and ascertain its contents h was appalled to find that it contained twenty sovereigns the whole amount abstracted from the safe was therefore sixty pounds it was clear to him that even by his own theory he had stolen at least fifteen pounds for neither he nor his companions for whom he acted had over twelve or fifteen pounds on deposit this reflection was not a pleasant one but comforted himself by not to spend any more than belonged to him whether his act was stealing or not it was too late to restore the money or any young america in and scotland i part of it to the safe for he had thrown the key overboard rolling up the he had opened he placed the three little bundles in the hair of the and with his needle and thread took a few hasty in the rent he had made to admit the key he did not think it would be safe to go on deck again and he took a position behind the main ladder ready to join the students when they came of course he could only think of the deed he had just done and consider the probability of being discovered it was not likely that mr would immediately ascertain that the gold had been taken from the safe which might not be opened again before the ship arrived at but he did not feel secure and 