![]() Crusoe, at sight of the footprint, did not act more swiftly than Stalky. Prout, whose school-name, derived from the size of his feet, was Hoofer, to investigate on his own account and it was the cautious Stalky who found the track of his pugs on the very floor of their lair one peaceful afternoon when Stalky would fain have forgotten Prout and his works in a volume of Surtees and a new briar-wood pipe. Had he taken the field alone, that hut would have been raided, for Foxy knew the manners of his quarry but Providence moved Mr. His business was to wear tennis-shoes, carry binoculars, and swoop hawklike upon evil boys. Prout, their house-master, at all commanding respect nor did Foxy, the subtle red-haired school Sergeant, trust them. Now, there was nothing in their characters as known to Mr. And for the fifth summer in succession, Stalky, McTurk, and Beetle (this was before they reached the dignity of a study) had built like beavers a place of retreat and meditation, where they smoked. ![]() In summer all right-minded boys built huts in the furze-hill behind the College–little lairs whittled out of the heart of the prickly bushes, full of stumps, odd root-ends, and spikes, but, since they were strictly forbidden, palaces of delight. ![]() Serve and love the lands they rule Seeking praise nor guerdon. This etext was prepared by A Elizabeth Warren MD, Sacramento, CA & CO. ![]()
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