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hy i 7 ‘It 1S eas thoughtful of you, Romeo,” said Jim, iy and Morse will be grateful. How is your patient, on Vir. Groby 2” | 4 ‘Still in de same way. Ba es ae like a pusson who got tae a corner al , could not see his way out ob de same,’ _“ But his wounds are healing ?” ; “ Worrerfully quick, Massa Gordon. Me know de stuff to doit. Medicine-woman in de ole country gib i ES me a lesson how to make dat stuff,” a _ © Well, good-night,” said Jim. “ee a“ Good-night, Massa Coron and sweep depose to D Jim went off to ae dormitory, where the boys were _ undressing with a little skylarking. e They could all see that Morse’ s bed was empty, but nobody asked a question concerning him. Morse was i i, out of the common in all his HES and the general i P “assumption was that he was in his laboratory indulg- . ing in some of his experimental work, which they ais studious existence. , _ | By-and-by the house was still, Its long passages ey and huge rooms were wrapped in darkness, save in the - class-room, where a solitary candle was burning beside aane a tray, on which Romeo had placed supper for Morse. Outside there was stillness also, and the moon in the eo ae lying low in the west. ay ‘The sea iazily rolled | upon the shore, each wave ef ERR Var" a he a te y ¥ - It wasa night of still heres time of peace. __ Close upon twelve o'clock the door of the school- E house was softly opened, and Mr. Farrell came creep- In one hand he had a saucer with a little sugar in 3 it; in the other hand a bottle containing about two a of liquid. % He was aware of the fondness ot Sans for anything | ‘the an of a mouthful of honey. _ He had therefore prepared the saucer and sugar as ihe introductory means to the taking of the bella- a donna. He proposed, when he got near Charley’ s hut, 2 oe ‘to pour | the liquid into the saucer and place it on the on sill of the little ayindow, : : unglazed, He not say 3 word sto. me. xy — getting into bed, and varying the work of . generally believed would one day suddenly terminate which | was, of pouree, Ais Ose no ‘AGhatloy Bhi soon xitell @ ou tthe s ae BN Ach © yrs : time in getting ab ih. is ae en ‘e He a coe win ris at Tt was a cunning idea, and it was more than | ‘ | ‘to prove successful, owing to its simplicity. H ‘ moistened the sugar with the contents of the phial, an idee creeping under the window, carefully placed the saucer, 2 in position. — etic: nee aN ‘ That done, he retreated, and watched for ‘he result. The moon gave light Suomen and more than en. ough, for him to see clearly froma distance of twenty yar ee Presently, after the ape of a few tie he har th = 5 ’ aut te, : Ce pt wae Se travel nigh round the saucer. . Mee ; So lightly and delicately was it done that it was Ne evident Charley was aware of the ticklish position © of the saucer, and was anxious to avoid upsetting i ied ie Be He was successful in this until he had absorbed t! the: mixture and set to work giving the saucer a last lick vi) round, on the off-chance of discovering a few more | / stray drops of the delicious contents. ue ee fy That soon brought it down outside, and Charley, be -knowing that the little feast was over, retired ag gain. tohis bed. 4 as ae ae a Mr. Farrell waited for some tine alae a quarter of an hour—ere he ventured up to recover the emptied. oe vessel, which might otherwise be evidence to convict’ him of a cowardly deed. He listened under a window, but could hear no sound, and, with the con~ : ie is ce up the saucer r and retreated into the homes ay! nae reas He did not feel exactly like a murderer, but tap experienced sensations approaching the - internal i disturbance of one of those ultra-criminals, and he was: oe not sorry when he was within the shelter os his abode: oo and had closed the door. , aie es He had brought a light down with ane but for some: “( reason it had gone out, or been blown out, and after | ‘groping about for it in vain, he was obliged to cerawh, in a upstairs in the dark. | 7 His way led past the door of the “legs See of? im : the negroes, as we have previously intimated, and from the sacred precincts of that chamber there came a sounds of most unearthly snoring that appalled im) His blood ran cold, and in his bewilderment and! i childish terror he lost his way, so that, instead off returning to his sleeping-chamber, he eventually found | himself outside the class-room door. == # } a Instinctively he knew it, and he stopped short, for there was aray of light streaming through the keyhole. _ ‘ en in 1 the class-rooms at this hour! aay ee : a ‘He etoat enn and ited to en aview of the Mee OF. _nterior, py failed. meyige he > could hear a a atl inking, ace ie 1