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x4 " “r ie some ‘of | ; : “Tn may be : an pnoeus® te said. 3 spawn about a few days ago.” | _ Anyway, nothing could be done that coe The boys went back to their supper, and Mr. Farrell, with ge. his wife and Eveline, returned to the study. ‘) i ih They \ were all intensely sorry that anything should an) ave happened to “the boy Romeo,” as he was the i avourite nigger of the three; although it must be con- f fessed he was a long way the idlest, which is saying a pre reat deal. ’ Macbeth and Hamlet, still overwhelmed with grief, ‘; ox vended their way to the kitchen, where, behind its "closed ed door, they, fell into each other’s arms, and _ sobbed 1 and wailed most dismally. oe ae Ie ’bout a judgment, dat what it are,” wailed M facheth. « You uncommon hard on dat boy, to be Lj ae me nee mose aun my were intelvening twix him and a ofisp ring.” Ky _ There was a door at the back of the kitchen leading iY | to . scullery, beyond which was the outer air. It i ao es pet and a dark face was. thrust ae ere im, some “ttle varmint | ! ; ol What you Hee doing wif you- a ee Whar my clothes?” roared Romeo. “Am dis ‘ | decent > _ S’pose TBSsue come inter de kitchen wif me i This was soon done, and Romeo sat owe on a Pian looking very dogged. _ “Now, whar you been?” demanded his father, a pee him a cuff on the side of his head. Be ane Nowhar,”’ answered Romeo. / He ‘This was such an obvious lie, and withal so exas- perating, that they both went for him, administering | | ou remonstrance apiece in the form of a sounding eal i thwack on the head. hore ‘They might as well have assaulted a block of wood. i “You been nowhar !” hissed Macbeth. “ What you om ‘mean by dat reversion ob de trufe 2” Mean whatI say,” replied Baan ; Be “He dug his hands into his pockets, thrust his feet pet and looked as pdoeced as you please as he made Na a All de day long you was down on my incensed “<= to the charge. 3 | a ee and we notsee you?” _ Si ee i | if Whar a ae | down jet twas my othe wos, a Shoet I fell asleep.” Midi iG Bait ini Yue on Ei ri . Hamlet exchanged aoa: with his father. Both i seemed to be getting into a state of hopeless bew/ vil- | derment. It was some moments ere a could | rebut ? Pay his pth kin bas “Yer mean ter say,” ml Hamlet, ‘ala g up t thread of expostulation, “that Aa was sitting th “Yes,” replied Romeo, i dat "bout it. ee AS ee And he stuck to his text, not only then but lator af when Mr, Farrell took him in hand, He went further i with the schoolmaster, boldly hinting that the whole > thing was a joke on the part of his unworthy fath va and grandfather to get him into trouble. Coane as ‘f moe There was no going beyond this. It was impossible | a to tell who had spoken the truth. To some it dis say! not seem to matter, but Jim Gordon, thinking it over wD ‘4 attver a private talk with Romeo on the following Phe morning, came to the conclusion that there was ‘some- _ thing more to tell, if Romeo could be induced ie tell it, | } hy : Oath Ms TH St H / ee ’ : ’ ep Ne ae Me “\ " ' / pe NS Lay i ith) ' ‘Hy 0 : My > , “hess vA | CHAPER VIL. patina Ae “ MONG the under-masters = uh gaged at the school was one of the name of Deny: ‘Stebbing, a silent, Shouse E ful kind of man, well ade y v vanced in years. de It was his custom, ea the weather permitted—and _ it was rare for 1b not “Hout permit—for him torise early, x sometimes before the sun showed above the horizon, | ; and wander about the island.» Sometimes he went along the shore, but as often as not he was known to | make excursious inland. Day: On the following morning it was assumed. that he x had risen according to his habit, and gone forth on one of these lonely outings, but, contrary to his wont, had not returned when the breakfast-bell sounded. Nor was he at his place at the table over which he presided—it was that at which Jim Gordon and Morse and a-score of others sat—and then some na 2 were made concerning him. © Bae, | Old Chorker: was consulted, he bones a irakasedll ‘early riser, but bara iicideah could: be ‘obtained i rag Se ‘ ky ah REEL : R | site e % bd 7 nmin &