Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-22
THE TUTOR.

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 Let's settle himr' shouted three or four from the outside of the group Aye, aye!' came the answers, and TafTy Douglass, the fat boy, with his slow movements, had just opened his mouth for an ''Aye!" when he caught sight of the new tutor looking at the boys with n frOwn on his face, and so he transferred the intended part of speech into another loud yawn which made the new tutor jump, whereupon all the boys giggled.
 Who is to be settled, Thorn?" the tutor asked of the tall boy who stood nearest him. Thorn colored up to the roots of his hair-he had n very fair complexion and blu>hcd easily, which led to his being called Rosie" by the OthcrS-and stammcrCd:
 II fOr--I don't-didn't hear, Mir WhylanG ''
 Perhaps you didn't hear the bell ring for you to go back to your class either What is it, Blakc:' demanded the young man, turning to Teddy.
 What. MT. Whyland:" asked Teddy innoccntly.
 Who were you going to settle as I came in:''
 ''Oh. that's only little way we have of <pcaking about those Latin transla- tion$, sir
 The tutor looked as though he did not believe Tetldy's explanation. but he said nothing more about it.
 NIT, Whyland was the new assistant at the academy He had been there only week, but i'll that time had managed with his extra rules and hard punish mcnts To make all the boys his enemies He did HOt seem to get along with them somehow. Perhaps boarding school boys are hard to got along with. Dr. Arnold, prt<id- nt Of the school, had engaged this youn- man to fill vacancy on his stall of instructors not because he knew him personally. but because he had taken high horrors at graduation, and, too, his mu;h,r wa< .n old friend of the luct0r'> He iS a very nice fellow with the III, Il" the doctor had told his wife. ''hut hc f0r.vtS he ever was a boy. I'll have a little talk with him. He puni>hc5 t"O often, and the boys can't get his big word. U explanations through their heads. But Dr. Arnold post pOnc,l his lit;lr tall, too long, for the boys settled" their tutor first.
 That afternoon the third form boys did not make aS i.IUch noise as usual, and that d,.:tr uld lady. Mother Arnold, aS she WIS atfvctiumatvlv called, scented mischief a. ~h,. lnukc,l from her window out on tue playground. The boys were grouped t"-ctll,r, talking and geSticu- latin- violently, and Mother Arnold | thought she ought to tell the doctor about it, but he was out, and by the | time he came i'll everything was quiet again. What transpircd on the cam puS'' I'll tell you just as it was said.
 ''Lot's boycott him. suggested Ted dy, who hadn [ q very well defined idea of what boycotting was.
 ! ''Oh, shut up!" growlcd Ned Turner, thick~ct fellow with less than hi: shar, uf brains The only way to fia him l. to fight Take him when he isn't prepared. and two or three of us big fellows will lay him out. -
 That > cowar,lly, '' said Frank Snow. ..No},odv but Turner would think ot doing such -
 Take that back!' shouted Ned, ''ol I'll show yuu who's cOw"--
 But Frank didn't, because just thcI Harry Boot. the class beauty, shouted ''HUrrah.' at the top of his voice, anC every ouc rushed over to where he anC Taffy were seated on the fence to SC, what Was the matter. These two haC been separated from the other boys fO quite awhile. and as Taffy announced:
 The Beauty has struck it, fellows We'll force old Why to resign, and Tn going to do the biggest part of it!''
 What How "When?'' wer, the questions then asked.
 Be quiet, and I'll tell you,' sait Harry Well make life disagreeabl for him and make him give up teachin; Us Don't any of you boys study you lessons tonight. and tomorrow make al the nYi>c yUu can in class, and at even ing session TatTy will do something t astonish you
 What" cried Ted.
 Wait and see," drawled Taffy ''only have your rubber erasers and lot of paper balls on hand to use.''
 That night was very long to the eS pcctant boys, but they were so quie during evening session that the tuto thought he had commenced to hay ' morning dispelled the illusions he ha on this score Not one ill the third forr knew his lessons, and, what was worse ' they all owned they hadn't studied bit.
 After supper that day, when the gon sounded for all pupils to retire to thei respective claSsrOoms, there was a hal suppressed excitement among tho thir form boys. For all MT. whyland's com mands no one thought of studying. , At last the tutor lost patience f II shall have to refer this matter t the doctor,' he began
 ''Do, said Frank, whose desk was O the opposite side of the room from Taffy
 Now was Taffy's chance He eau tiously mounted his desk, his cheek bulged out with wind, looking like !, full moon. The boys commenced { cheer. and Mir. Whyland turned in tim to see Taffy standing on tiptoe on til desk, with his mouth directly over gas burner. That was all he saw, how ever, for just then Taffy's mouth opened and gust of wind from it swept dow .. the gas burner. Immediately all W; = darkness, not only in that room, but the whole building.
 !. Then what an uproar there wasl Rul bers and books commenced to fly in tl direction of the tutor. Then some oI fired an inkstand toward the blackboar' It did not reach its destination. Ju then the door opened, and Dr. and Mir - Arnold, with several of the teache