The King of the School, or, Who will Win? — page 44: what you’re looking at

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38 A candle was lighted immediately, but though the doctor looked about him in every direction nothing could be seen. “This is certainly very strange,” ob- served the doctor. “I can’t make it out. spay I should advise all you young gentlemen to retire to your re- spective rooms. Good-night,” “Good-night, sir. But how about the fifty lines ?” asked Marsham. “Humph! Well, as it seems you were not so much in fault as I supposed, you may do only twenty lines each. Now go to bed.” “ But, sir, if these noises are repeated another night may we not try to dis- cover the cause ?” “Well, yes; I should have no ob- jection. But if you discover the offender you must give him up to me.” With these words the doctor departed. “Come, Freddy, enlighten us as to the nature of this little joke,” said Lascelles. “What little joke? How is it possible I could strike the doctor and Kgerton while I was sitting here? It is very absurd, indeed, to ask me to enlighten you; I shall take the doctor’s advice, and go to bed.” “ Don’t go yet, Freddy;” said the earl. “Yes, I must; the thought of having twenty lines to do has completely spoilt mxy appetite. Good-night.” ‘ TIE KING OF THE SCHOOL; OR, WHO WILL WIN? Webber took his departure, and ina few minutes afterwards the strange noises ceased, Having recommenced their inter- rupted feast, the others began to look for the cherry-pie. It was not to be seen. “Another of Freddy’s games,” ob- served Egerton. “I suppose he has taken it with him. However, there ig plent. of chicken left.” It was at least half an hour after the doctor’s departure ere the guests took their departure from the young earl’s room, and dispersed to their own apart- ments. “Twenty lines of Virgil! heigho !” yawned the young peer, as he began to disrobe. ‘And I wonder what became of the pie.” He was not left to wonder long, for, having attempted to step into bed, he put his foot right into the very midst of the very piece of pastry that had so mysteriously disappeared, and succeeded in overturning the dish. _ “ Here’s a pretty mess!” he ejacu- lated, gazing at the sheets, stained a bright red, as was his own foot and leg. I shall have to speak seriously to Master Freddy on the subject. How- ever, as the night is warm, it will be no great hardship to sleep upon the sofa.” Which he did, QO RI AS CHAPTER X. BOYISH COURTSHIP, RESULTING IN DISGRACE, BAYNES had recovered from the effects of the severe beating given him by the King of the School. He kept very much to himself, how- Crawley was his inseparable com- panion and toady. Baynes’s chief amusement was fishing. It reminded him so much of real life, ever, seldom mixing in the sports and | he said; the simple being always caught pastimes of his schoolfellows, by the cunning. EO MAICLOOC EO mn