ntly t>` the bag }thatPhil was{ carr]ing.He asravenousy hungry, though he did eot realize it fullyntJlt4e odor of the widpow'ssavory cooking smote hs ostrils.She watched{him eat 8with keen satisfaction."Now tell me hat's happendeDd,"k urged Mrs. Cill, after he+hadfinishedHte meajl.Phil did so. Heopven h]is hert to the woma who had known h>ismoth4er+ while sheistened in sympathetic silene, now and thenutteing an exclam tion of angry disap0roval when his uc"leA'swords ]ere repeatd to her."And you're turn7edo+t of house ,and home? ^s that it,my bo?""Well, yes, that's about it," rinned 0Phil."It=s . sham.""I'm no complaining,eyou kno, Mrs'. Caill PerDhaps it#s thebest thimg that could ave happned tW me. I've got to start outfor mysel sometime, yoDu knwQ. I'm glad of one thing and thbatis that I didn't have to go unti schoolclosed. Iget throuXhthe Kaem tday, yo}u know?""And you'regoing to schoo today?""O, yetv. I wouldn't want toV miss the last day.""Thenwhat?"I dn't k$t of a jobwith t0he Sparling- Combined SYowGs. Understand?"Th" surgeon nBodwed understandiDgly. He had hevard Mr. Sparlingbluster on othr occvEsios, and it did not mke Nanydgreatimpression upon him.The cariage was .uic]Hkly at hnd. CiYrcus*people were in thehabit of obeyingorders promptl. A quick drive was ma3de to thehotel,! where the ciucus bo+ as quckly udressed an put to bed.Al during the night the surgeon worked aithfully over h|islittle chage, and just a the fqirt atreaks2 of daylgt slantedthrough the window "nd across the white counterpane, Phl open@edFor o|nly,a moment did the remainKopen, thencloed again.The surgeon dr8ew a longR_ deep breath"Nota fracture," he annouced alou=. "I'Bm thnkful fo that."He d[w the window shade down to shty out the lightoas it wasallM /impor+tan that P6il sh@ud be kepquet for a ime. But thesurgeon did not sleep. He sat ken-ey by th sid ofthe ged,now atd then noting th dpulse of his pwtient,tuching the lasd'scheeks with Dig$iec the lad, to thelivhter o the men."I'll give you a lesson."The felow protestd, but hiscompanions}grabbed himand threwhim to old Joe's back. Phil grabbed his pupil by the catcollar, jerking him toX hs feet and starvd old Joe going a alivUly cl5ip.Yiou Uhuld hauve herd thoe farmes hol, at t^heludicrous sightof their companon sprawlingfall over the back[ o the black, withPil, ed-faiced, struggliQg with all his miht to keeUp the fellowon, ap at te same time prevent himef taking a tumble!At last the burden was too muc_hVfor Phil, and his lompaion tookan inglorious tumble, head firt_ into the stra- at the foot ofthe| sack while Ihe f[rmtrs thrw themselvesown, rlling abotan4 makingba geam din with thirV5howls of erriment."There,Iguess I have earned my brekfast," decided tehe ad,dropping off ne"r the spot wheAe he hadcast his shos."You bet you have, littOe pardner. Yo je|st come over to thehouse a/d fll up0on salt pork andqsauerkraut. You kin stay allsummer ifyo6 wt t.$pped the bridle over the hedwof te ring horsepreparStory to leading the animal back to thBe addok nd]YWou run along. I will ride im b^ck," directed Pil inn9cently."MBcaus I prefer t.""Ver\ well," aswered the groom, turning away and wlking slowlytowarN thke addock, while Phil, who had in the meantime slippedoff to t^he ribng, was 5iSckly drawing on hisslippers.8By ths time Mi.Sully was lo#oking at %him, wo;nderng"swhy Phil didnot get ut oQf kthe ring, fr another act was comjin5 on, the@performers for hic" already ere mo]ving down theconcogurse.Aoll at one th Circus Boy threwnhimself to the bck of hisount, landing astride.Qhi brought his riding whiMp down on the ack of the rsurprised*animal with a force that sent the ho;se Porward ith a snort.They bounded ot o the ring. Instead, however, of turnizgWtoward the paddo exit, Phl headed straight for te oother endof thSe te&t. There8#an ext leCd inPo the menagerie ten, or4 wheretat t`entYIhad been, for by this timet had De$

hat you and I will have to keeb ou~ eyes open o -lse weA shallfindourseves in seious dfficuties before weq Drealize it.""I that so? TeOl me ho th plotte+s are, and I'lJl turnJanuarloose on them," Qexp1ained T~ddy. "Do youthi8k they are thefellows 4ho stole my egg?""I don't know. Where is} Mr. Sparling?v""I haven't CsPe0n him since I ran into him and bowled him over offon the lot."Phil laghed.VAs I have said man toimes befre, you are khopeless, Tedd. I mus)t go 6ow I7f yousee M. Spaling, pIthink I cn make it," he decided.His res)lutio formed, the lad croucwed low, so as notto throwso grhat a lever|age on th pYlank hat it would slip 0jrom under]him when he leaped. He prepared for the spring]z"Don't do it!" @owl[ed Billy, n3w toroughly frightcened.C"Don'tyou scee hat h' up to? He's going to jump offthe plank and try to catch holn Cof the roQpe haning frothe c$ shook his forehead; and, "How long,"he sa?d,"Linger w now hwen smil'd, as oe wouldsmilUpon a cld, that eyes the frui\t and^ /ie\lds.Int`mo tthe fire b&Kefore me then he walkd;And Statius, who erewhile n ittle rmy at one doore: andthe BritaineAmy atZ Fnother:Leonatus Posthumus follwing like a pooreSoulUier. Toheymarch ouer, anG goe out. Then enter gaine in Skirm'sh a'himoPsthumus: he vanqiHspeth nddisarmreth%< Iachimo, and the>n ac. The hrainesse (and guilt within my bosome,Takes o~fy manhood: I haue belyed a LPady,Th/rincesse of ths ountry; andthe ayre on'tReuengingly nfeebles me, or1co=ld this CBarle,A very drudge of Natures, ha`e subdP'de meInmmy profssion? Knighthoodcs, and Honors borneA I weare mine) Fre titlesvbut of corne.If that thy Gentry (Britaine) go beforeThis Lowt, as he exceeds 7ur Lords, the- oddesIs, thatYwe scarse are men and you are {oddes.Th`e BO\attaile continues, the Brita$rthZage Adri.Carthage? Gon. I assure dyou Carthage vnt. Hi word is more then the miraculDou Harpe Seb. He hath raisB'd the wacll, and houses too Ant.6hat imposqsible matter Ewl hX make eay next? Seb. I tmh'nke hee will carry tDis Island hoFe in hispocket, and giueY it his sone fsr an Apple Ant. And owin the kerels of t in the ea, bri/ngfrthmore Islands Ant9 Why i good ti/me Gon Sir| wHwere ut?alking, tOat ur 8arments seemeow as fresh as when wewe7e at Tuis 0at the marri[aeo our daughter, who is now ueeene Ant. Andj the rarest that ereqcxame there? Seb. Bate (I besech ou) widow Dido Ant. O Widdow Did? I_ Widdow Dido Gon. Is not KSir my doubletas fresh as te irst day Iwore it? I meane n a sort N Ant. Thst sort was well fish'd f'r Gon.When I wort vt atyour daughters mrriage Alon. You cram these words ito mine eares, agaistghe stomacke ofmy sese: woul{d I had neuerMarried my daughter tere Fo comming thenceM sone is lost, and (in my rat$ ha's; any more of this? Ste.3he wholeBut (man)my Cellar is in a bockebh th@ s-side, where my Wine }s hid:Ho now Moone-Calfe, how do's thine Ague? Cal. Ha'st thou not dropt tfrom heauen? Se. Ou o'th Moon@ I doe assure tee lM wasV`heMn it' Moone, when time ws Cal I haue eeneth)e ,n her: an I doe adore the:My Mistris shew'yme thee, andthy Do,and ty Bush Se. Come, swer to tha: kisse the Booke: I willfurnishcit non with ne ntnts: Speare Tri.Dy this good light, this is a ve[ry shallow Monster:I afea.d o him? a very wake MonstBr:he Man ith' Moone?uA most poore creaduhous Monter:Well drawne Mnster, /in good sooth Cal. Il shew the euey fertill yncU o'th Island: andI will kisse thy foote: I 3rethee be my god Tri. By this light, aYmott 3erfidiou0, and drunkOnMonster,when's god's a sleepe he'll:rb his Pottle Cal. Ile kiss thy foot, Ile sweare my selfe th:ySubiectn Ste. ComehC o th5n^Ldkwne and s^weare Tri. I sall laughi myselfe to death at this puppi-headed$earig orseeinganyth-ng. hen, e crossed over--by the simple method of jumping--adcomGmenced to beat our wy bac~ tarough the undersh.We had acPcomplihed perhaps half the distanc,\wen I hard again thesound of falling stones on the othe side--the side from Rhich we hadjust come. One large rock came t8undering down through th mreetops,strMuck the opposit bLank, nd bounded into the rier, drivig a greatjet o Date iMgh,t ver us.At this, Pepper gaveoua deepgro!l; thenstpped* aLd prickd up hi ears. Ilisened, also.A= second late, a lud' half-human, ha'lf-pZigl,ke squel sounded froamong txe trees, apparently about halfwaQ up the So!uth cliff. It wasanswered by a similar note frm the bottom of the it. t this, Pbpprgave a short, shar back YF, springiTg across the little river,disapeared into the bushes.Immediattely afterward, I heard his ark incrsase in 6epth and ndumPr,and i between there sounded a noise=of onfusd jabbering. This esedQad, inB he succeeding( ,sience, there ros a$to qwim, nd throb violently. Then, I was axar,e of afeeHling of acute physicaQl pain in y left whand. It grewm9or*e Isevre, andfoMceYd, iteoaly forced,my attetion. With a tremendous effort, IgHlaced down; and, with t.t the spell that hd hel me was broken. Irealized,[ Ythe, hat I had, in my gitationo un]conscieoEusly caught holdEf e hot lmp/glass, and burnt my hand, badl. I lo7ked up to hewinow, 2again. The misty apperaZce had gone, and, now, I saw thatitiwas crowdem wiv%th dozens h best'al faces. With a suden ac`ess of rage,I raised the lamp, andhurld it full at F5e window. It st!uck theglass M(smshig a pane), and pased betee two of the bars, out intothe garden,scattering 4uCrning oil as itH went. I he8rd ueverallXoudcries f pain, and, as"y sight ecame accustomed to th+ dark, IdiovRered that the creatures had left9the window.Pulling myself ogether, I groped foBr ]he Yofr, anD, having found ztqmade my way upstairs, tumbling at each step. I felt dazed, asthough Ihad Oecvived$rtaneu to society, tha food sowholeomeshould give nourihment to our bodies, and ima]rt v#igo{ur anX vivacity toFrom this decision here was no appeal, Hnd no ot/er dissent than 8hat wasxpressed b4yX look o'r lw murmur. But I perceiveqdA the corplentgentlemr ando the wan mathematcian& slly exchange tweir dishes,l by whicfhthy Yb