Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-09

"a thraNH eff his guard
lack tr!"d to get n"Hy tim in ord,
H.1',h m kick him. so rs To warn nirn
-aii2st NJ. Molr,s iuSidiou~ m#auer.
Il >Unpos" you had hand in IT, II
''u had. dent h" afraid to admit i;
t'N occasions Ike This Nj rravcoli,
Ike. Ia SEQ his boys lively aud inde
'nnd'nt," MIR. Mole said r.r,lesSly.
Il didn't actually do it. bat he jsut
t,.r OF =
is,'rna "dA. guessed Mr. Mole
Answer fe" Yourself. .Iack" said his
lors'>hti'. " th u smile.
tack with difficulty stitied a groa n
He knew what Mr. Mole was and saw
III a minute that his inexperienced
friend had go, him into another scrape.
aAh. sad Mr.. Hole. with Il smile of
satisfaction. '.You have let the cat out
of HE bag. IT was you and Harkaway.
eh:'
We made the cracker together long
ago. but Jack stuck it on We didn't
mean it to go off with such bang,
though
Meyer mind. it WAS great fun. and
Mr.. frawcrur is Just the sort of man
/" reward merit of every sort Look at
III" golden rain Is II not magnificent: :"
>plendia sir, answered Morden.
f"id
Nj Mol" gave them kindly nod and
ciided q way
'Nasnt it jolly OF him to take il 80
Quietly: We shall he the heroes of tho
s. il""l for many Il day, said Morden
field. II had no idea Mr. t'rawtour
was such Hn easy soin. man. Mole
put me al rest at once by the kind WAY
said u word about it
YOU have made Il nice mess of it."
replied lack. "A pretty kettle of fish
You'll i;,, it.
'Ihev wont do anything to me Mr.
faWc"'Ir is too friendly with my
mother If | We're beaten, should
write home aud Lady Mordeniield
would take me away ut once. Wouldn't
Notlr fiieil..S:'
II haven't GOT any" replied Jack
sadly.
y" Gather or mothcr?'
NO
BY .toNe. that's a awkward. but you've
sot a yEirtia Q or something:
Yes. Uut he doesn't care for me"
lack said
Don, be down on your luck; we are
both in the same swim" said his lord
ship consslin3ly.
Nv. Mole. however made his report
Ia MIR. Cravcour. much to that gentle
mans establishment.
Il am sorry his lordship is in this
affair. he said tboughtfully I'VE must
get him ont of it.
"HarkaWay WIS the principal. sir.
Yes. He did the deed. as one may
say. You see. Mole, her ladysnp is
very fond Of hcr sou, and | assured her
be WAS i'll no danger of corporal pun
isllmcn'. as very rarely have recourse
TO the cane The principal smiled
Grimly as he spoke; SO did Mr.. Mole
Il WAS an excellent joke
Punish Harkaway. sir. and lay all
the blame upon him. Say you feel con
ijdcnt ,ha, be was the prime mover in
the plot call it plot"
so will" answered MIR. CrawcOur
Send Harkaway to me tomorrow
Enornjn. The longest cane | hav" in
my study shall he at his service
Nothing was said to Lord MOrdcn
field NhO, of course. was led away by
tine e>I counsclS of his companions.
lack VAS so soundly caned that even
his fortitude gave away beneath tho
prolonged punishment. and he roared
as Justify as a Young bull calf. He was
sold that he must stay in during the
hours of relaxation until he had worked
through half of Colensos arithmetic.
In addition to this lie was to come up
every Monday morning until the end
ot the half to he caned afresh. The
severity of the sentence raised a very
niutlnonS spirit in Jack S breast. He
determined no, TO put up with it. \
Neck passed. 'lurin" de whole Of
which he WAS kept a close prisoner ii
DE play hours.
ON the following Monday he Wa
e:lAed again. and his spirit of rebellion
rev stronger.
Il won't stand it" he kept on mui
tering 70 himself 1t was in vain tha;
Mor,lcntield interceded for him The
only result was that Mr. Crawcour for
baGe him to hold any intercourse With
Jack. who was said to be bad com
panion for him. He was removed t"
another dormitorv, and the two friends
orly met by stealth.
Harvey was much grieved at Jacks
disgrace but funston rejoiced exceed
ingly and lost no opportunity OF eX
ulting over him. The continued con
fnemcnt to which he was subjected
together with the depression of his
spirits, proved upon the boys health
He wen, about in a listless manner.
At length he could bear no more. 1t
was after his third Gaming that be said |
to Harvey, Il shall run away
Harvey gazed at him with undis- |