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Frank and his three chums held their breath in astonishment, for they found themselves looking on a loving cup made of gold, upon which were fashioned various beautifully executed designs especially interesting to those who were devoted to play upon the golf links. "Gee whiz!" Of course it was Jerry Wallington giving vent to the feeling of utter amazement that very nearly overcame him.
He knocked me clean silly, and threw me out o' the door," whined the other, rubbing his head dismally. "Who was it any of that crowd from over by the hemlocks?" demanded Andy, much excited, and apparently ready to tear up things generally. "I reckon 'twar that Jerry Wallington wait till I gets him some day, that's all." "Hey, fellers, d'ye hear that? Another of that lot bagged in the cabin.
Arthur Gilpin and Mark Withers walked down the High Street, arm-in-arm, on their return to their respective homes from the well-managed school of Wallington. They were among the head boys, and were on the point of leaving it to enter on the work of active life, and make their way in the world.
He, of course, could tell nothing of the actions of Koswell and his crowd, for he had been unconscious most of the time. "Certainly a remarkable story," mused Doctor Wallington, when the oldest Rover had finished, "And you mean to say you did not drink any of the liquor?" "Not a drop, sir; and neither did the others," "And this vapor? What was it, and how do you account for it?"
Every Monday morning, when the clock of the old parish church in Scarnham Market-Place struck eight, Wallington Neale asked himself why on earth he had chosen to be a bank clerk.
Thacker, and heard him play on the harpsicon, so as I never heard man before, I think. So home, it being almost night, and there find in the garden Pelling, who hath brought Tempest, Wallington, and Pelham, to sings and there had most excellent musick late, in the dark, with great pleasure. Made them drink and eat; and so with much pleasure to bed, but above all with little Wallington.
With a heavy heart he turned, gazed coldly at Professor Sharp, and left the office. "It's all up with me," said Tom to his brothers when he met them in the hall. "I can't go to town." "Why not?" asked Sam. "Got to remain in my room until Doctor Wallington sends for me." "What have you been doing, Tom?" came from Dick. "Nothing." And then Tom told of what had occurred in the office.
And we are in a fair way, it seems, of lowering the price of modern pictures, as he bids us, to "not more than £500 for an oil picture and £100 for a water-colour." After a visit to the Trevelyans at Wallington he went with his parents to Scotland; for his mother, now beginning to grow old, wanted to revisit the scenes of her youth.
On Monday morning the four boys were told to go down and report at the president's office Previous to this they had held a "council of war," as Sam expressed it, and made Dick their spokesman. "Now, then, as you appear to be sober, I will listen to your story," said Doctor Wallington. He was the only other person present, "And remember," he added sharply, "I want nothing but the truth.
As they did this a man came out to meet Dick and Sam. "New students?" he asked shortly. "Yes," replied Dick. "Please step this way." The doorman led them along a broad hall and into a large office. Here they signed a register and were then introduced by an under teacher to Dr. Wallington, a gray-haired man of sixty, tall and thin, with a scholarly aspect.
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