News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-03-01

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mouth. This was ue.. .oio,.siy thro ".
by Jack.
Perhaps you'll shut up in future
he said. And now let's go ON !,
the banquet Who says more cab, !
We don't want the light. Twist th.
blinds SO as to let In the moonDeaIns. -
This was done. and the fenst pro.
ceeded, but not with so much zest as
before. The edge was taken Off their
appetite, and even schoolboys cannot
always be eating. BY some means or
other boy named Sandman, who was
the captain Of the adjoining room, in
which were eight boys. contrived to
find out what was going on. His spies
had given him notice Of Mr.. Stonor's
second visit and withdrawal, and. or
ganizing his forces, they armed them
selves with pillows and entered the
neighboring dormitory with a rush.
1--WE want some Of your grub" said
| Sandman.
Then you want what you won't
have. Pillows. my boys! Pillows or
| holsters, and let them have itw
Jack and his friends were quickly en-.
| gagged in hand to hand conflict. which
| waged more fiercely in the vicinity Of
his own bed because the hamper was
there, and for that they were fighting.
Blows fell thick and fast. and Jacks
prowess with his bolster was much adj
mired. funston and Harkaway were
irresistible They CALAMITY defended
the hamper. All at once SandimaR's
bolster burst. and a shower of feathers
few about the room.
Rendered weaponess. he was forced
to beat retreat in dire dismay. know
ing that the next morning there would
be a strict inquiry and that his pocket
money would be stopped until he had
paid for the damage done to his mas
ter's property, if he was not severely
punished into the bargain.
Seeing their leader retreat and pushed
by Hunston and Jack. the others of No.
2 room, though superior in numbers,
began to give way. In Il short time the
room WIS clear. They sneaked back to
their quarters discounted.
Now. think I'll try to get to Sleep"
said Jack. IF you fellows want any
mere grub. you know where it is and
ci,l help yourselves
y. hat Il mess Sandman made with
ia hnpcf 'rharp'n hn IL inllU
ai0ut That. I'm Smothered with them"
remarked FiImer.
10 one seemed disposed to enter into
The matter, and he soon followed the
example of the others and went to
slt"p ,
'lup next morning Jack woke up in a
fli3ht. The hdeous din of large bell
WIS ringing in his ears. Time to get
W" he said to himself, rubbing his
Is IS. ANA rolled out of bed.
None of the other boys moved. He
found that the bell rang at and again
at Il quarter and half past. The old
s,a. ers never got up till the second
bell, finding quarter of an hour quite
time enough to dress in. Having a
chance of speaking to Hunston, Jack
said, Are we friends?"
Il don't know" was the surly an
swer There is no row on at present,
but can't tell how long it will be be-
fore there is"
ooh, all right You can be as dis
agreeable as you like. | am prepared
to meet you any way, friend or foe"
replied Jack.
He found it easier to go through his
lessons than he had expected, and work
was so judciously mixed up with play
that the school studies did not seem
bit tedious. His fondness for learning
and natural aptitude coupled with his
| excellent memory, soon recommended
him to Mr. Pumpleton, his master A
tutor always takes pleasure in instruct
ing clever pupil In few days he
had settled down completely and felt
perfectly at home.
Harvey was his great friend and
companion, as Mr.. Crawcour had in
tended him to be. Hunston though I'M
friendly to Jack, was not positively
hostile, though it was easy to see that
only a. spark was required to fire the
magazine and produce an explosion
lie did not think it fit to interfere with
either Fishers or Jacks praying, and
that source Of quarrel was done away
with
In another part of the town of Lille
Bridge was a rival school kept by DR..
Ragbie The Doctors boys considered
themselves Infinitely superior to Mr..
Crawcour's. Innumerable conflicts
took place between them when they
met in the town. In the first place,
Mr. Bagbie was a doctor and a univer-
sty man. His first master was a
wranglcr, who gave a classical educa-
ton for the sum Of 30 guineas per an
mum, exclusive Of extras, paid quarter
ly SO the boys of Oxford House called
the Pomona House boys cads and snobs
ana insulted them whenever they met. |
They refused to play them at cricket
when challenged, on the ground that
they only played with gentlemen. This
insult only served to intensity the
feud. If a boy came home with a black |
eye or a bruised nose from a walk i'll