Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-21

quired.
IF it's necessary. shall have a
shot, Bunny said loftily.
Il should hurry up if ! were you.
Ellis minor suggested. When they
begin to look like that there's general
ly something on"
"She does look a bit rumny.' Bunny
admitted, as his sister turned smiling
glance at Old Jimmy.
If she was my sister," Ellis minor
continued, I'D manage to make 1t jolly
hot for him. You can make it rather
nasty for a chap when he's in love with
your sister. You ought to be able to
get your promo this term If you run
the thing properly"
Get my prOmo?' inquired the less
astute Bunny.
Yes his friend replied. Every
| time he makes cad of himself to you,
| you just go and ruX her up about it.
she won't mind badgering him 4 bit; II
she's like my sisters she'll enjoy it.
| only wish Old Jimmy was mashed on
my sister. You might tell her what a
beast he is to me, too
eve jolly good mind to try,
Bunny said. It's not half n bad idea.
Let's so and have an ice"
They strolled TO the town together
while Ellis minor, with wisdom be-
You'd his years. and gathered from
many sisters. explained the modus
operandi to the still doubtful Bunny.
Unconscious of their doom. the vic
| tins on the cricket-g ground chatted on
and if Bunny could have heard their
| conversation he might have beer
reused to even deeper Indignation. AS
a matter of fact. his sister had been
engaged to Old Jimmy for upward of a
week, and was at that moment discuss
| ing their future projects without 4
thought of Bunny or his il-usage
Possibly, if she had been aware of his
| proposed interference. she also might
have been somewhat apprehensiVc
For the present the engagement was
necessarily Il secret Most OF the
| Marlborough masters migrate IN the
fulness Of time to become head raste!
| of smaller schools, and at that same
moment Mr.. Baker was busy stalking
the trustees Of a grammar school with
some success. If the engagement were
announced before his election, he would
| be confronted with unpleasant parental
| questions as to ways and means. and
! to prophesy his election was scarcely
| diplomatic. Miss Urquhart was quite
content with the arrangement. Every
| girl knows that an engagement is. all
| the pleasanter before it's announce
| meEt.
| For a day or two Ellis minors idea
| s!umbered. He mooted it at intervals,
| but Bunny denominated il too much
sweat and had scruples as to whether
it was not rather bad form" At the
end of the week, however, his anger
was reused TO boiling point and his
scruples scattered. to the winds Old
Jimmy put him on satisfecit.
| Now. being put on satisfecit is.'a dis
turbing process. At Marlborough no
form master can cane a boy. but must
deliver the victim over to the house
master for execution as a disinterestel
| person. Sometimes, in cases of idle
ness, he is given one more chance. The
culprit has for a certain period to fur
nish the house master every evening
with paper signed by the form
master. and containing the mystic
word 'satisfecit.' which signifies that
the culprit's work for the day has been
adequate. On the first evening on
which this is not forthcoming tho
! execution occurs.
| Bunny was much incensed. He had
no more fear of a Gaming than th
| average healthy schoOlboy, provided Ii
| was soon over and done With. but II
objected strongly to having it .hangiR%
over his head. That is. Oftfalirse, thp
beauty of the institutions 3G-sa tisfect
from the disciplinary poifbz5f Iisw.
Il wouldn't stand it if l We're you
| Ellis minor observed sympathetically.
| II won't" Bunny said with indigna-
ton. I'm forbid Maude--I mean my
sistcr--to speak to him.
II wouldn't do that, Bunny" said the
Machilvellian Ellis minor. It's no
| good telling Il girl not to do n thing.
You go and lay it on thick about how
much a wanging hurts and all that,
and what beastly cheek it is for him 20
get you caned. If that doesn't fetch
| her. you just threaten TO bring your
gunner into it somehow. and that'll
| make her sit up. Girls do hate*fheir
guv'no getting muddled up ihst6hgs
| like this, and your guy seems to be
waxy enough for anything"
After some discussion they mapped
out Il plan of campaign, and that after
noon Bunny presented himself at the
head masters house for tea. He had
been accorded aastanding invitation
| there. an invitation of which it is need
less to saXs.he never took advantage.
| Special invitations were bad enough.
After a while the head-master's wife
tactfully left Bunny and his sister
alone. She feared that a fourth-form
| boy who bearded tea at the house I'M
necessarily must be in some serious
| trouble.
"Maude," he observed when she had
departed, I've come to speak to you"
IF you didn't try to eat mullins and
strawberries at the same time, you
might do it more easily" his sister re-
piled unfeelingly.
Don't rot, Maude,'' Bunny said; its
rather serious"
| Would five shillings be enough?'
she inquired.
| It's not money" he said impressive
ly; Il shall probably be caned."
| THE wretched boy ate hearty
meal" his sister replied without any
proper display of emotion. What
! have you been doing this time.
Lionel?"
| I'm on satisfecit'' he explained