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I was awakened out of a sound sleep in our very comfortable room at the Lanham house, and I've come here through a pouring rain with Miss Carden to see you." "I do seem to be the original trouble maker," said Harry. "How did you happen to find me, Miss Carden?" "I was sitting at my window, working very late on a dress that Mrs. Curtis wants to-morrow.
"You're the best fellow in the world, I believe." "What a quare feller you air to talk, Jack," said Bob, choking up. "Air you goin' to school to-day?" "No. Mother'd rather have me not go any more." "I'm not going any more. I hate old Ball. Neither's Susan Lanham going.
Finding Jack in despair over some of his "sums," he said: "Why don't you ask Susan Lanham to show you? I believe she would; and she has been clean through the arithmetic, and she is 'most as good as the master himself." "I don't like to," said Jack. "She wouldn't want to take the trouble."
They still stayed with the Lanhams, who refused to take any pay, although the two young officers, chipping together, bought for Mrs. Lanham a little watch which had just come through the blockade from England. Thus their days lengthened in Richmond, and, despite the shadow of the spy and his doings which was over Harry, they were still very pleasant.
While Jesse had been chasing Dodge across the desert, his lawyers had not been idle and had secured at Austin another extradition warrant from Governor Lanham, who, on receiving news of the arrest, promptly instructed Captain Hughes by wire to assume charge of the prisoner and to deliver him into the hands of the New York officer to be conveyed to New York.
"Good for you, Bob, I say," came from Susan Lanham, and poor, ungainly Bob blushed to his hair to find himself the hero of the girls. "I don't mean to shut up Jack," said Pewee, looking at Bob's size, "but I stand by Riley." "Well, do your standing sitting down, then," said Susan. "I'll get a milking-stool for you, if that'll keep you quiet."
As soon as Mr. Ball had shaken off the ashes from his coat, he said: "Be quiet there's no more danger. Columbus Risdale, come here." "He did not do it," spoke up Susan Lanham. "Be quiet, Susan. You know all about this," continued the master to poor little Columbus, who was so frightened as hardly to be able to stand. After looking at Columbus a moment, the master took down a great beech switch.
He had choked with emotion, and the tears came into his eyes. Mrs. Lanham saw, and, understanding, she quickly changed the subject to Lee. They talked a while after supper, called dinner now, and then they went up to their room on the second floor. It was a handsome room, containing good furniture, including two single beds. Their baggage had preceded them and everything was in order.
Some boy who dared not attack Pewee, had vented his irritation by writing the hateful words on the stable, and on the fence-corners near the school-house, and even on the blackboard. Pewee could not fight with Susan Lanham, but he made up his mind to punish the new scholar when he should have a chance. He must give somebody a beating. It is hard for one boy to make a fight.
And here I must do the last two boys the justice to say that they called to inquire after Jack every day during the illness that followed, and the old animosity to Jack was never afterward revived by Pewee and his friends. On the evening after this accident and these rescues, Dr. Lanham said to Mrs. Lanham and Susan and Mr.
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