The Island School — page 152: what you’re looking at

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an Rar, : bE Ui ‘ vrs ~ aK \aty SR aan . Pee Ware a PO at ay oe O: | src 5 Shae fd hey know these men were coming’ it 2 ct acca, Sa 4 4 a “That,” said Mrs. Farrell, “ig ee secret, and if they desire to reveal it to you, they candoso. It is mtr ‘not i in my power to tell you more than I have done» es gate and I stipulate that all the boys be received back a = with a full recognition of their meritorious Services, is _ and that the bear, which they have acquired during _ their marvellous adventures in the wood and on the ih _ other side of the island, be also made part of our household. It will not be necessary nor desirous that ait should actually live in the house, but it must be ee even as we would for a faithful dog.” | A “T will be responsible for its good conduct,” said ie eam,» | . Q : op Last night, z lend Eveline, “ I passed the time in = "ihe castle in a room the boys prepared for me, and _ Charley, the bear, slept all night by the door. seemed to appoint himself as a friend and protector, although, of course, I needed none, pees with my _ truest friends here.” ~ Mr. Farrell looked helplessly from one to the other. see was nonplussed Prope Hou, and all he could do q mes to yield. “What I have heard,” he said, with a preliminary Bee ictt “naturally places the conduct of Gordon and ne his especial friends in a new light. overlook every breach of discipline for the sake of— va _ahem—my wife and daughter. My dear, I trust you have no further humiliation in store for me ?” ie _ “None,” she replied, quietly ; “and if you will only ~ Jook at things in their true light, Nap, you will recognise that the humiliations you have endured | have originated i in yourself alone. "return to your friends and ask them to come here ' without Geka k eke _ Jim rose and bowed, and casting a pleased glance in the direction of Eveline, disappeared. ; ca “ Nap,” “recent events ought to teach us all a lesson which I ack. you will especially profit by.” rel wish I had been throttled at my birth!” ex- claimed the schoolmaster. “It would have been better than experiencing lite miseries which have allen to my lot.” : ae Meet the difficulties of the wretched business like aman, ” said Mrs. Farrell, “and all may yet be well. 1 shall certainly endeavour to meet them as a woman. have disillusioned — me as regards yourself, but | hat I may one day HON Jt will be done only by a. Nap, come here.” oP: ee He ‘crossed over to him, and she took his face | ny ween her hands. Nap,” she said, “T took “you for better or worse, ous he pos ES ae to. be all Z be- | ehtiye ig ce WIN Be a ‘ r} An fi iy hy aM He. length, just before darkness set in, he appeared with | I am willing to | Gordon, you can — said Mrs. Farrell, after a short silence, “then in kissed ve ae he eee pricy! to ie, the salute. — : After that Eveline embraced her father, and SO ae far all was well. “le “ What is to be done about Groby 2” he asked. me “We cannot condemn him unheard,” answered Mrs. — aS Farrell. ‘Every man has a right to reply to a charge © a | before he is condemned. If he is well enough, we will ha s ask him what he has to say in defence. Meanwhile, — ORE of course, he must not be harassed. It would be ; a unjust, for, I believe, the life of the man angS upon ae a thread.” © Ng tN Jim must have been well assured of his request to return and live unmolested with all his companions in a \ : adventure, for they were awaiting him not far from the level ground, and, prior to summoning them, he let the fact of their immediate return be known. It caused quite a furore in the school, and when at e , Charley, walking with measured tread by his side, and the other adventurers behind, there was a wild hurrah by way of welcome. : Wee: Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo came tearing out of 7 a the house, and the last named was received by Charley with open arms, a to be more correct, with — a open paws. Meek It was such a scene as had not been witnessed ae a the school before, nor, indeed, anything, in a novel ‘i % sense, approaching it. i Charley gave a brief performance of some of his 4 “tricks prior to being led away to the woodshed ¥ . which was to be his temporary home. On the morrow > Jim proposed starting building one for his future residence, and there was no lack of volunteers to help with the job... “ Ns Of course everybody wanted to know everything, " i and they were told as much as was necessary or good — Mg for them to. know. And they were satisfied. afi’ a Chorker, holding back from the general con- hy eratulations, wondered about many things, Jia ae the time when the boys had rescued him from the cave. | . a It had always been a mystery to him how they got a HN \ there, and in a dim way he saw there was some sort — ps of connection with it and the mysterious release of — himself and the schoolmaster from captivity. Still, he could not imagine the truth, and he could - not ask questions of anyone or go into it at all, but just take things as he found them, and make the best ~ hn of matters inexplicable. a There were “ sounds of revelry” in the schoolhouse that night, and the murmurs of voices penetrated to f° the sick and wounded man. ne asked Romeo what + they meant. “Massa Gordon come Hace ” replied Romeo, “with — all de oder boys, and dey bring a tame bear wif dem _ e aK iy ie At ia i i | ¥ ‘ ) naa dey. foun’ in de forest.” ga i mp ah ‘ . re, dain yA ty . va ti ) ay) ‘ “a ‘ : mt wi ? : / Ray : ) 4 My _ a a | L. ‘ * ; Gi O| ofefe) (Ss .GO