Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-27

l1arkaWay Bedington now. but YOU
KNOW who mean. sir-talking to Iar
veN. And he said he could vcutYilo-
quiZe. lie said he'd wake YOU all vi,
before long continued Maple.
Thank YOU, replied Mr.. Crawcor!
y on are good boy. shall not toi.5
YOU. Boys. seheol is over till aftcl. din
ner. You may go and play"
/ he boys rushed out.
"liarka way Bedingtont' cried Mr.
CraWcour
Jack ran harder than any one else.
Mr.. Stonor. who was standing by tie
door. caught him by the arm.
Did you not hear the head master
call you!" he said.
Il heard him say 'Hark away. Bed
ington" and hurked away" said Jack
innocently.
Mr.. Stonor pushed him into seat.
saying:
"Y~u will stay
Jack made no resistance
Mr.. Crawcour came up. and, patting
Jack gently on the shoulder, said IL
have made it rule never to punish
boy on the impulse of the moment, and
l mean to have every boy who offends
greatly tried by a mixed jury of mas
ters and schoolfellows | shall empanel
jury of six in three days. You can
plead your own cause if you like or get
some one to do it for you"
'Thank you, sir. May object to the
members of the jury
THAT depends They will be fairly
chosen, and remember one thing-what
ever sentence the judge-tha is my
self-passes upon you, if you are found
guilty, will be strictly enforced You
may go now
Jack walked away and joined the
other boys in the playground. Mr.. Mole
and NJ. Bolivant had made friends. and
all the masters were talking and laugh
ing together about what had taken
place. Jack sought his friend Harvey,
and as they met he said:
Now | must settle Maple. l won't
have fellows sneaking about me. Be
sides, it's spelling my ventriloquism
If I try it on again, every one will
know who does It,"
The little beast! I'd wig him. ex-
claimed Harvey.
Il say" said Jack. You know til
chiefs aquarium? Wouldn't it be Il
lark to take it out of the Ora wing room
md empty it into Naples bed|'
Fish aud all!'
Yes We can carry 1t together"
Right you are replied Harvey
I'm on
AS Maple slept in the same dormitory
as Jack and Harvey it was easy
enough to play him the trick they hac
agreed upon. When the house was
still Jack went downstairs and took
the aquarium from the drawing room.
Harvey pulled down the clothes of Ma
pies bed and Jack emptied the water.
fish. sand and shells into it, while
Harvey covered the sleeper up again.
Both boys then got into bed, Jack
having put the empty aquarium into a
corner.
Maple woke up with a groan.
"What's the matter?' asked Jack.
How you do snore tonight. You won't
let fellow Sleep
'I've had bad dream" answered
Maple. Il thought l was on board a
ship and we got wrecked. l fell into
the sea and began to sink until
reached the bottom and lay among the
shells and sand. with all sorts of beast
ly. big. sharI.l;ke fish swimming round
me. l feel quite wet and slippery.
never had such peculiar dream be
fore and can't bring myself to be
lieve it isn't real"
go to sleep. and don't bother mt
with your sharks" said Jack.
Suddenly Maple exclaimed: "Pvt
caught a fish. And here's another
and the beds wet through and through
Am | at sea. or where am l? Can
have been drowned!'
IFS My opi:lion you're going of
our nut" answered Jack.
Maple sprang out of bed and pulltt
!, TIE blind. which let in the moon
i"ht and enabled him to see that hi:
ted was soaked through Fish of al
| -orts WEI moving about. and Il prett!
, nleSs thele Was in the sheets what will
! sand and shells and the rest of it,
| wv Lat Il shame" exclaimed Maple
! II! tell Mr.. Crawtour of this Here.
| Il trout and !; goldfish and a horrid rec
| Coking thing. You'll get it for this
why. you little dissuSter. said Jack
| "Go YOU III an to say did it? I'll skill
| .sou if yoa ieil stories about mel
Somewhat alarmed. Maple answered
/ Il did tot Hlsan to say it was you. bu
| somebody must have put all these
things in .ay bed. They could not have
come th> l." of their own accord. vii
you let me sleep in your bed tonight
Juck:"
"No: I'll see you hanged first, ant
then wort
"N'hy not:'
"BecaUse | hate sneaks."
Maple turned to Harvey, but he was
equally obdurate, and at last he rollet
himself up in the counterpane and slep