The King of the School, or, Who will Win? — page 138: what you’re looking at

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1382 professor was explaining to a few of the boys the principles of the handeludes ceitwort transitivum (active and tran- sitive verb), his hat suddenly flew from his head. | . “ Wer hat mein hut?” (Who has my hat?) he inquired, looking round the room without being able to see the article he required. | “I really don’t know, sir,” replied Egerton, who had not been enlightened as to the joke. | “ Here it is,” said Fitzgerald, restor- ing it to the professor’s head. | Moeritz continued his lecture, but in a few seconds the hat again flew away. | } “Der teufel!” he roared. “ Dis hat has bezauberung!” (the hat has en- chantment), _ : | Strange to say, it was brought back to him, this time from the opposite side of the school. , Our young friend, Fitzgerald, for the second time placed it on the head of the professor, who in rather angry tones exclaimed— “Nov you all shall leave me. I TNE KING OF THE SCHOOL; OR, WHO WILL WIN? a vill not have one near so as to touch me.” . | In obedience to this order, they all stood some distance from him. “Now, Master Webber,” continued the German with a chuckle, “ you shall pe at ze bottom of all this, but i “But it seems you can’t keep your hat. yours ?” : “Yes, yes,” said Moeritz, as he stared round and at last caught sight. of his chapeau, which seemed to adhere to the ceiling. ‘‘ How have you done it ?” “That is my business, sir; but am I not a clever magician ¢” | “Very.” | | Freddy would not explain the secret, and for a long time the professor was in ignorance of the means by which the trick was played. The joke being at an end, however, more serious business occupied the attention of our young friends, They had to prepare for the half- yearly examination, which always occu- pied the week immediately preceding the holidays. a De CHAPTER XXXIV. A DAY’S SPORT. ONE of the most popular games at Lexicon College was hare-and-hounds, the hare being one of the boys con- sidexed a good runner, and. the hounds all the others who thought fit to follow. I suppose you all know how the sport is managed; but in case this should fall into the hands of any young ignoramus who has never participated in the pastime, I will just state that the scent by which the hounds follow is composed of small shreds of paper ; the hare takes a large bag of this, ana scatters it as he runs, being allowed (generally) ten minutes’ start of the hounds, The hare gives an indication of the course he intends to take, and where he intends to stop if he is not run down. On a fine Wednesday morning Frank ‘Egerton announced that there would be hare-and-hounds at Hatfield chalk. ‘pits at four o’clock in the after- noon, Is not mine a, better trick than. ECOMMICL OC EO mn