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? : ( ? ' ete ane THE ‘ISLA ND } SCHOOL. ihe ine The Gnd is dropping,” hb said, “and it will be f almost like asummer day. Dibble, Ohaus is your aunt ) oe c doing up in the corner there ?” a 66 She’s afraid of getting shot,” replied Dibble, jerk- Ss ng his thumb towards the ROIS UaEY, door. cP ky least, , not quite so fast as she expected. I fear she lw ill Pek cold.” eG A \ guilty flush overspread the face of Dibble, Gere | - ‘erry observing, brought him a ray of light. x; 2 1a « Dibble,” ine cay severely. ni hs, “ Well, what now ?” grunted Dibble. i a ah “You needn’t be so grumpy. Don’t you feel yf a ashamed of yourself? So kind an aunt, too. I . ees bone the wig of any woman, much less from ‘ 4 a ‘sweet a relative.” Bi “Who says I’ve got it?” demanded Dibble. ay 4 I do,” replied Terry; “do you deny it ?” ae a Go and tell her, if you like,” muttered Dibble; acre is in my box, at the bottom, uncer my linen.” Bey Terry said no more, but as soon as breakfast was sy oh he slipped up to the chamber where Dibble with others slept, coolly opened his box, took out the wig, and put it into his pocket. of Mie Hlegantine, to see how the wig could be HK restored to her without doing violent to her __ feelings. oo The boys were still in the hall keeping up the farce of fictitious merriment. Miss Elegantine was saun- by ering up and down by the ramparts, near the spot i e se she had breakfasted. Terry put on an air of being sent on some very a _ important errand, and strode across the yard with his i eyes fixed ahead. She saw him, but that was all. Oe _ With nimble feet he ascended to the top of the tower ee and cautiously peeped down. Miss Elegantine was still marching to and fro, and alone. : ae The wind was so light now that it would hardly oor fluttered a feather. Terry felt that he could i _ safely drop the wig without fear of its being blown oF ce _ away. It had a solid foundation, being one of the eo old-fashioned sort, and in the still air it would fall Ee - Tike a plummet. ____—s*He heldit over and letit go. Down it went, alight- ig close to Miss Elegantine’s feet. Terry only waited i to see her start of surprise. The after bewildered _ glance around he lost. _ “Bless me!” cried Miss Elegantine, “ where did it Re: come from ?” It was to her a mystery of mysteries. a But she was wise in her generation, and, for the e sake of comfort, placed iton her head. | _ She, however, covered it with the shawl she had ‘ worn for sometime past. The growth was too sudden Ae ‘gt be immediately revealed. | i; , a poe Hler hair hasn’t grown,” remarked Terry; “at. Then he went in search top of the tower, and I will bring your tommy to you, at LSS bean Ove about by the s wand, ne since a) a Qu S : | ice it, ” she said, baa 1S NOW miraculously rest wa ee dee It was not possible for her to suspect anyone, no a even the hapless Oscar, whom she found 1 in the | a when she passed through. { On as 4 : Terry came in soon after her, and proceeded t work upon Dibble. ne Rian aT NN r 7 te if, Aint any ¥ " ORO i YY. 4 “J y we ' “Tf I were you,” he said, “ T would just confess uta ‘i fa my ae what I have done, and eiye her back ther wig.” i ed fh a: a “T think I’ve worried her ct at ” Dibble ad- fh mitted ; “ by-and-by, I will go up and slip into | her > ae room, She may make what she likes < of ea ie te there.” . in s He went at once to carry out his Hieaeees and speedily returned to Terry with an alarmed face. | ‘“Somebody’s boned it !” he said. Her Then, seeing the grin on Terry’s face, he became oe irate, and accused him of stealing it. Bo) “IT wish you would let me alone,” he said. “Oy “ And if I did,” demanded Terry, “ where would you be? How about my saving you from having a tooth dug out with a pickaxe, or something that way ? Now, A a ; I’ve simply given your aunt her wig with Mrs. Farrell’s compliments, and left them to fight it out. There valk be a scratching match before the day is over.” “ You never did that?” gasped Dibble. Wes: “Well, if you want to stop the fight,” cpanivelyaly i replied ‘lerry, “you had better confess what youhave __ done, and take the licking you have earned. Anyway, * af keep clear of your aunt to-day. Go and live at the a and feed you like a wild beast.” te {eine - While Terry was worrying Dibble, Morse was ex- ae plaining to Jim what he had done. hi Si It was a simple, daring thing to do, and on the ‘ lines he had worked hitherto. _ 3 ‘“‘Thave been up to that entrance to the cavern in ‘nie the wood, and blocked it with a bit of hee: The out whole of our enemies are boxed up in de cave.” i | “ Boxed in ?” | SN “Yes, without food or water. But they haven't a found it out, I guess, just yet, for when they get there — i 7.) fg r Dae A they will think they have come the wrong way, and te ny ¢ : i “ ay » Be A . ath bd try the rest of the passages. When the truth does ed burst upon them they will come back mad.” hi SoS i dn « And then ?” ae | ie . “Well, they will have to come one if they can get out,” Morse said‘ “ but I hope we shall be prepared for them.” +) oe “There is one thing we have to think of,” mused Jim; “suppose only a sary of those fellows are here ®” Oh Giles eer eae “They are all here. Tam sure. of ‘it. » Bh MG ( ieee es ie she _ Morse was very eee on n this head, a and re pea ated, — a a a a, Oetel. nicbooks.com