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When tackled on the subject of their religious opinions, most of them declined to answer, except Mr. Twitt, who, fixing a filmy eye sternly on the plain and gloomy face of Mr. Arbroath, said emphatically: "We aint no 'Igh Jinks!" "What do you mean, my man?" demanded Arbroath, with a dark smile.

Somehow Clark's plan did not seem to have worked to perfection, but it must be all right, and he hastened to report the affair to his class committee, who promptly determined that Cadet Jinks must fight, and that their classmate Starkie be requested to represent them in the encounter.

"Well, Bill Gray told Jinks Ike had stole a cow-bell that belonged to the black farrer cow," said another late comer. "Stole a cow-bell," and they all drew closer together. This was really worth while! "Yes, sir; Jinks told me he heard Bill say so yesterday. That's the way I heard it." "Well, I'll be cussed, if that ain't small business for Ike Harkey!"

S'pose them is real dimints? If they me, I bet they cost much as twenty-five dollars apiece!" "Twenty-five?" said the deacon, with an intonation of contempt. "You ain't no judge of dimints, Eben! I bet they cost thirty!" "Most of them seem to know Frank's nigger, Toots," said Eli. "Look at him show them ivories and nod and bow. By jinks! he'll snap his head off if he keeps that up.

It would be easy thus to reach the heart of a lonely "beast." And she smiled to a purpose, and it was that smile that won the untried affections of Sam Jinks. When June at last came and the new fourth-class men began to arrive, Sam felt a new life surge into his soul. For a year he had been duly meek and humble, for such it behooved a fourth-class man to be.

Met the Roger Leighs there; also the Heads and Sir Lawrence Peel. High jinks on Hopie's twenty-first birthday. November 19th. To Shoeburyness, to see the trial of Sir William Armstrong's 600-pounder gun. My mother was exceedingly ill during the autumn, and it became apparent that her illness was mortal. She was attended with great assiduity by Dr. Fyfe.

Now, mind, no larks." "No what?" said Valmai, with puckered eyebrows. "Larks, larks! Don't you know what 'larks' are, child? Ay bet you do, with that pretty face of yours." Valmai still looked puzzled. "Well, 'high jinks, then; flirtation, then; will that suit your ladyship?" "Oh, flirtation! Very well, uncle, good-night."

It would have gone in another ten minutes. Here it is." Sam took the paper and read an account of the printing by a native committee of fifty thousand copies of the Declaration in Castalian, and its immediate suppression by Colonel Jinks, the censor. "It's a downright lie," cried Sam. "I'll call my native secretary and inquire into this," and he rang his bell.

And this was the very morning when Jinks had been lying at his master's feet, and, as he rose up, that his master noticed what a handsome animal he had grown, and how big he was getting. There was no doubt he was a fine animal.

Verty finished, by taking off the bow of ribbon which secured his hair behind, and scattering the profuse curls over his shoulders. "Now," he sighed, looking in a mirror which hung upon the wall, "I feel more like myself." Jinks gazed at him with dignified emotion. "You return to the woods, sir," he said; "would that I could make up my mind to follow your example. This man, O'Brallaghan, however "