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rag ee ee ne a “THE | SG vip a ne = A Rei AOS Ui i ie 6 "Spect I got de conwulsers or ae cele ob de i -eountelance,” said Hamlet, “You: bet I not study _ anatlemy for Tucan ae “ You study anatlemy ! 2” said Macbeth, contemp- _ tuously. “ Where dat boy Romeo, now ’” , “Gone for more bren-butter. I ’spect he up to ie) some trick, a-scraping de butter off for futur’ con- - sumptive or sumfin. Dat chile want correcting.” At that moment the “ child” appeared in one of the doorways with a piled-up plate of bread-and-butter ci 1 each hand. | He was carrying them with all the care atte a com- petitor in an egg-and-spoon race, with eyes intent _ upon the summit of each plate, which had a tendency to bend this way and that; but with a dexterous ‘movement he managed to restore the requisite equi- librium, until he collided with his grandfather, who was watehing his advance with a critical and scornful eye. : ‘The result of the meeting was that both platesy of bread-and-butter recéived a shock, and a greater por- tion of the contents were thrown upon the floor. “ Whar you comin’ now :” demanded Macbeth. hy, What you stand dere roe hke a stuff owl P” said Romeo. | ! Am dis de lanewidge to redress to your senors ?” ! a asked Macbeth. “When I was a boy, if I said a word to de ole folks I got a spankin’ dat bring de eyes right out of my head.” “De march of interlicks,” said es eat pick- ing up the bread-and-butter, “am ye in’ Sane dead. You jes’ try it on me.” ay ae Romeo,” said Hamlet, remonstrating, forget de grey hairs ie your eaniacton) dem, if notin’ else.” Romeo by this time had restored the bread-and- _ butter to the plates, and calmly Beet the latter on the table. _ “Dere am a gritty piece c or two in iG middle, ” he said to the boys, “but de res’ am as sweet and clean as de milk in de cocoanut.” | _ “For all that,” said Jim Gordon, who was seated near the spot where the plates were put down, “ you may | take that lot away and eat us some more. Try that’ gritty lot in the kitchen.” ‘ All right, Massa Gordin,” said Romeo, cheerfully, “ dere a lot more cut. I take dis back, and if I lib to get t’roo de job, I'll see dat my ole erandtader, hab de eritty bits. He use digifried langwidge here, but in de kitchen de way he swear make all de wool of dis chile stan’ out straight and waggle.” Romeo soon had some more bread-and-butter on the _ table, without putting it through the gritty ordeal, vend in half an hour or so the teu was over. Ata signal | from one of the masters all rose, and is 8 to o¢ ah iy Gri) i ee was Avo nent , vs a Gib may i it ) , 4 A i . My f a ae : oe hi i i aN bie ‘ bia ~& don’t Suspect couner: OF ‘TEN. . is : iy vy tell vi YA A Mi uy - provided the gritty bits of bread-and-butter for iis ae secret body by any means, but a council chosen by ie of the stones, and entered a door on the opposite a at i hee ae hoes ey tk sty a4 r eat a se ig ah ee 5 ‘ 4 } , "iy . if hy 5 eR , aa ery f NL The ‘moment it was spoken there was a rapid “ melting away of the occupants of the room—all but ae Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo, who remained to clear NG away, ind afterwards to have their own private feast a in the kitchen, for which Romeo had most undutifully x Soo if aged ence CHAPTER IV. Re THE COUNCIL OF TEN. | HE sun was low down ‘in oe a more wended his way up hs wards in the direction of Bs the castle. | a yy put the lid on the box. the pe hind part before, he had fi summoned what was known | Be: in the eehioor as the Council of Ten. It was not a i the boys to look into matters, and arrange things a their interests. Vt ee 9 They filled the post of monitors in our big public. | schools, but their more pressing daily duties were poss connected with the various workshops of which they | , , were the head, outside the men who were employed. Aa to instruct them. ae But, apart from this work, they took certain dnticas es upon themselves, and for the proper arranging and a carrying out of the same they often met in semi- ee secrecy, and the place of meeting was Epa a Castle. ie cay When Jim arrived he found the gate leading te to the courtyard open, and a youth standing there. aes on duty. He carried no more potent arm than a o stout stick, but he looked like one who could use it, - and use it ‘vell on emergency. His name was Tim Dawson, and he was atenenen to. ty a small farm that lay immediately beyond the school _ it on the eastern side, where there was a small, level) a fertile tract of land. Be Ae “ How many nie e, Tim P” asked Jim. a “All but you,” was the reply. “They seem to think that something serious is pending. What’s the a trouble?” nate “Our chief seems to have Tied Pie up with? i) some Spaniards 1 in a disagreeable way,” replied meet el yes! rae (pie o eS: ee ae 2 *< ty ia fi i: Ae ; ye iy ~ romele “but I can’t give you the particulars.” ra He passed on through a courtyard, where the erass and small flowering ican srew in the intersections — side, This He him to a 1 vast hall, enn of all Ri i Me) Aes ca Ott ae : git AY SLE) bat ih i