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Updated: May 10, 2025
When the holidays came, no boy was so glad as Humplebee; his heart sang within him as he turned his back upon the school and began the journey homeward. That home was in the town illuminated by Mr. Chadwick's commercial and municipal brilliance; over a small draper's shop in one of the outskirt streets stood the name of Humplebee the draper.
As soon as ever I find myself in an independent position you shall have substantial proof of my enduring gratitude. Keep me informed of your address. Humplebee made no second application, and Leonard Chadwick did not again break silence. The years flowed on.
It was a splendid bit of courage, a fine example of pluck and promptitude and vigour. We have all cause this night to be proud of Humplebee. The solemn voice paused. There was an instant's profound silence. Then, from somewhere amid the rows of listeners, sounded a clear, boyish note. 'Sir, may we give three cheers for Humplebee? 'You may.
'Leonard Chadwick has been a victim, not a swindler, sounded from him in a feeble voice. 'You see, he says that Geldershaw has robbed him of all his money that he is ruined. 'He says so, remarked Mr. Bowes with angry irony. 'I believe him, said Humplebee. His eyes sought Mary's. The girl regarded him steadily, and she spoke in a low firm voice 'I, too, believe him. 'Whether or no, said Mr.
With the help of his landlady he dressed himself, and, having concealed his bandaged arm as well as possible, drove in a cab to Miss Bowes' dwelling. The hour being before noon, he was almost sure to find Mary at home, and alone. Trembling with bodily weakness and the conflict of emotions, he rang the door bell. To his consternation there appeared Mary's father. 'Hallo! Humplebee! cried Mr.
To all this Humplebee listened in a dogged sort of way, now and then smiling, but seldom making verbal answer. In school he was not quite the same boy as before his exploit; he seemed duller, less attentive, and at times even incurred reproaches for work ill done previously a thing unknown.
Harry Humplebee knew what he had lost; the curator, in talk with him, had already thrown out his suggestion; at their next meeting he discreetly made known to the boy that other counsels must prevail. For the first time Harry felt a vehement impulse, prompting him to speak on his own behalf, to assert and to plead for his own desires. But courage failed him.
Clappings on the shoulder from bigger boys who had been wont to joke about his name made him flush nervously; to be addressed as 'Humpy, or 'Beetle, or 'Buz, even though in a new tone, seemed to gratify him as little as before. It was plain that Humplebee would much have liked to be left alone.
You know what that means? Obtaining goods on false credit, and raising money on them. What's more, young Chadwick is arrested; he came before the magistrates yesterday, charged with being an accomplice. Here it is; read it for yourself. Humplebee dropped into a chair. When his eyes undazzled, he read the full report which Mr. Bowes had summarised. It was the death-blow of his hopes.
One summer day the last day of his brief holiday Humplebee was returning by train from a visit to his mother. Alone in a third-class carriage, seeming to read a newspaper, but in truth dreaming of a face he hoped to see in a few hours, he suddenly found himself jerked out of his seat, flung violently forward, bumped on the floor, and last of all rolled into a sort of bundle, he knew not where.
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