"Hah! you could not keep on, I suppose?"

"Well, sir," said East, stepping out, and not liking that the Doctor should think lightly of his running powers, "we got round Barby all right, but then"

"Why, what a state you are in, my boy!" interrupted the Doctor, as the pitiful condition of East's garments was fully revealed to him.

“That is the fall I got, sir, in the road," said East, looking down at himself; "the old Pig came by” — "The what?" said the Doctor.

"The Oxford coach, sir," explained Hall.

"Hah! yes, the Regulator," said the Doctor. "And I tumbled on my face, trying to get up behind," went on East.

"You are not hurt, I hope?" said the Doctor. "Oh, no, sir."

"Well, now run upstairs, all three of you, and get clean things on, and then tell the housekeeper to give you some tea. You are too young to try such long runs. Let Warner know I have seen you. Good night."

"Good night, sir." And away scuttled the three boys in high glee.

"What a brick, not to give us even twenty lines to learn!" said the Tadpole, as they reached their bedroom; and in half an hour afterwards they were sitting by the fire in the housekeeper's room at a sumptuous

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tea, with cold meat, "twice as good a grub as we should have got in the hall," as the Tadpole remarked with a grin, his mouth full of buttered toast. their grievances were forgotten, and they were resolving to go out the first big-side next half, and thinking hare-and-hounds the most delightful of games.

THOMAS HUGHES: Tom Brown's School Days.

AIDS TO STUDY

Thomas Hughes (1823-1896), an English author and statesman, was born in Uppington, England. Though he has written more than a dozen books, Tom Brown's School Days is the one that remains most popular with boys and girls.

amble (ǎm'b'l), to go at an easy gait.

baffle (bǎf'l), to delude, puzzle. competent (kom'pě těnt), capable, suitable.

construe (kon'stroo), to infer, ex

plain the sense of, interpret. drubbing (drub'ing), beating. habiliments (hà bil'i ments), dress,

costume.

Nicias (Nish'I ǎs), a Greek painter.

redoubtable (ré dout'à b'l), formidable, renowned.

ruefully (roo'fool 11), pitifully,
woefully.

sidle (sī'd'l), to saunter idly,
move sidewise.
spavined (spǎv'Ind), lamed, af-
fected by spavin.
superfluous (sú pûr'floo us), use-
less, unnecessary.
vantage ground (vån'tāj ground'),
a place which gives one an ad-
vantage over another.
verger (vûr'jer), one who takes
care of a church building.
wattle (wŏt'l), a framework made
of rods.

1. Have you ever seen the game of hare-and-hounds played in this country? 2. Why do you think boys like to play at that

game? 3. Give a brief account of the course followed by the boys in this story. 4. Tell what you know about the school which Tom Brown attended. 5. How were East, Hall, and Brown delayed? 6. Describe their conditions as they entered the Doctor's (President's) study. 7. Why were they surprised by the kind reception which they received? 8. How did they afterwards fare? 9. Select the words that you think are not used in ordinary speech; then give the synonyms for them.

Reread the story of the race, beginning at the point where the comrades start to run. Read to the point where the three boys enter the Doctor's garden. 1. How well can you tell the story from memory? 2. At what points does the narration of events stop to introduce descriptions? 3. Where does the conversation begin? 4. What is the purpose of the conversation? 5. Describe the places through which the race passed. 6. Write a brief story of a game using narration, description, and conversation.

In vain we call old notions fudge

And bend our conscience to our dealing;
The Ten Commandments will not budge,

And stealing will continue stealing.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER

If we had lived in the great busy city of London nearly one hundred years ago, we might have made the acquaintance of a charming little girl with golden tresses as she played hide-and-goseek with her companions. We might have noticed her active interest in all games of fun, her hearty laugh, her thoughtful regard for others, and her great desire to please all her companions.

At school, this lovable child, Adelaide Anne Procter, was by far the brightest pupil in the class. She always paid the closest attention to the words of her teacher; and she entered into her school work with unusual interest and determination. Her favorite study was language. Many an hour she spent reading story books, fables, hero tales, and child verse.

Charles Dickens tells us that before little Adelaide could write a word she showed a real love for poetry. She had her mother copy in a tiny album all the passages which she liked. This little volume she always carried with her just as another child would carry a doll.

At the age of eighteen, golden-tressed Adelaide contributed a number of poems to the Book of Beauty; and ten years later she wrote others for Household Words. Her chief works are Legends and Lyrics, first and second series, and a Chaplet of Verses.

Towards the end of her short life, in 1851, she was received into the Catholic Church in whose works of charity she was deeply interested. When not engaged in her study, she went about helping the poor and lowly and giving special attention to the support of a Night Refuge for the care of homeless boys and girls.