News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-05-10

holidays. Blocks, the butler, was a
ventriloquist, and Jack, finding out the
| quality, asked him if he could teach
him to throw his voice into any place
he pleased Blocks thought it was q
| natural Gift, but he would try him.
| Jack and the butler went into mead
| ow at the back of the house and prac-
| ticed ventriloquism. Oddly enough,
| Jack did, in some measure, possess the
| gift By the time Jack went back to
| Pomona House he was a pretty good
| imitation of his master, and Blocks
was delighted with him, saying that
| he would in time become a first rate
| ventriloquist.
| III astonish the natives" he said,
"when l get back"
| Mrs. Bedington and her husband
lived together very happily, seldom, if
| ever, going out or receiving people at
| home They loved Jack dearly and
told him if he had any complaint to
! make of his treatment at Mr.. Craw-
| cours he was to write to them at once,
! or come over to the Hall, and they
would see into the matter.
So he went back with plenty of pock
ct money, box full Of clothes and a
hamper of good thugs, determined to
be as good boy as circumstances and
his own inherent loNe of fun and mis-
chief would allow him.
1t was arranged that he should re-
tain the names he had hitherto been
known by, adding to them his fathers
| name; so lie was called Jack Eark-
away Bedington.
He found few alterations in the
school when he returned, and there
were only two new boys who require
any mention. One was quiet, unob-
trusive yCnng fellow named Turner,
who, from his gentle manner, became
at once a subject for bullying. The
| other was funston senior. This was
| Hunston's brother, and he had been in
the royal navy, but at sixteen he was
court martialed and obliged to leave
for bad conduct His father had sent
him to Mr.. Crawcour's to be prepared
for a civil service examination.
Jack had not been at Pomona House
ten minutes before Filmer said to him
maliciously, That's Hunston's big
brother, and he says he is going to be
cock of the school and kick you to
start with"
He'd better try it on" answered
Jack, struggling his shoulders.
Collinson and Harvey both assured
Jack how glad they were to see him
back again, as did several other fell
| lows.
Mr.. Mole, who had had a holiday at
the seaside, was radiant, and never al
luded to the past
Jack thought things were going on
too pleasantly and quietly, and one
morning in class he resolved to aston
ish Mr.. Mole, to whose division he had
| been promoted.
The subject before them was geology,
and the boys had been reading a lee
ture upon the crust of the globe upon
which they were to be examined.
"Now, boys" said Mr. Mole, "open
your books and turn to the word
Physics"
Blue pill and draft in the morn
ing" said Jack, throwing his voice
down to the bottom of the class.
'Who said that?" answered Mr. Mole,
passing along the form.
No one answered.
| eve must have none of these I'M
seemly Interruptions. | think it was
| you, Hunston senior. You are old
| enough to be above this sort of thing,
and you are not going the right way to
pass your examination"
at wasn't me-" said funston senior,
big, hulking, heavy, repulsive look
| ing boy, more disagreeable to contem-
plate than his brother.
Don't let it occur again. Now, then,
listen to me-" cried Mr.. Mole. The
crust of the globe is composed of two
great classes of rocks, called strata.
Some are stratified, some are unstrati-
fed. Hunston, tell me what stratitied
rocks are"
'They have pebbles in them and the
remains of living bodies" replied Hun
ston senior.
Glow We're they formed?
Under water, from the surface
downward"
There was no answer. He began at
the top of the class, saying "You, you;
next, next" and so on.
This is bad" he eXclaimed-"very
bad"
Suddenly little boy was supposed
to exclaim, "They come to the surface
by volcanic origin, from the interior OF
the earth, after the disposition of the
strata, and you divide strata into pri-
nary, secondary and tertiary classes"
Every good Come up to the head of
the class. l am pleased with you, Tur-
\ her." said Mr.. Mole.
Il please, sir, 1 didn't answer" replied
Turner.
"Who was it, then? Was it you, Nal
n lhson, or you, FilmerT
NO sir.