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The Sepoy, availing himself of its blaze, deposited the remainder of the stick, with elaborate carefulness, upon the table, as if urged by the thought that his companion might convert it to further uses. As Raikes resumed his chair, the Sepoy, recalling his glances from their mysterious foray, directed them, with curious obliqueness, upon his companion.
"All very well," said Raikes, one of the monitors; "but if the Fifth will stick their tomfoolery out in the passage, there's sure to be a row." "What tomfoolery? Some of you are for ever grumbling at the Fifth." "And so would you if you saw the complimentary remarks they make about you in this precious newspaper of theirs." "Oh, the Dominican?
Raikes, who, inveterately silly when not engaged in a contest, now began to play on the names of the sons of Noah. The chairman lanced a keen light at him from beneath his bushy eyebrows. Before long he had again to call two parties to order. To Raikes, Laxley was a puppy: to Laxley, Mr. Raikes was a snob. The antagonism was natural: ale did but put the match to the magazine.
There are few thoughtful students who will hesitate to rank Hannah More with the leading religious and educational reformers of the eighteenth century. In essential matters she was a kindred spirit with Whitfield, Wesley, Raikes, and others, and worked, in the way marked out for her by God, for the regeneration of her country.
Nor was Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday and other schools, a rich man; neither was Thomas Wright, the prison philanthropist. Nor were St. Vincent de Paul and Father Mathew the promoters of education and temperance. Nor were the great men of science Newton, Watt, and Faraday; nor the great missionaries Xavier, Martyn, Carey, and Livingstone.
We are men from this day! Now, you would have thought Evan's companions, right and left of him, were the wretches under sentence, to judge from appearances. In contrast with his look of insolent pleasure, Andrew, the moment an eye was on him, exhibited the cleverest impersonation of the dumps ever seen: while Mr. Raikes was from head to foot nothing better than a moan made visible.
'Pardon, a thousand times, my worthy couple, cried the sonorous Mr. Raikes. 'What we have seen we swear not to divulge. Franco and Fred your pledge! 'We swear! exclaimed this couple. But suddenly the cheeks of Mr. John Raikes flushed. He alighted from the box, and rushing up to Old Tom, was shouting, 'My bene 'Do you want my toe on your plate? Old Tom stopped him with.
You're made a gentleman for life, and you ask if it's a joke played upon you! It's maddening! There there goes my hat! With a vehement kick, Mr. Raikes despatched his ancient head-gear to the other end of the room, saying that he must have some wine, and would; and disdainful was his look at Evan, when the latter attempted to reason him into economy.
'If the choice were offered me, I think I would rather have known his father, said the smiling fellow, yawning, and rocking on his chair. 'You would, possibly, have been exceedingly intimate with his right foot, said Raikes. The other merely remarked: 'Oh! that is the language of the son of a gentleman.
What does it mean?" "As sure as there is a God in heaven," said Jonathan Jelf, "it means that murder has been done." "No! no! no!" shrieked Raikes, still upon his knees, and cowering like a beaten hound, "Not murder! No jury that ever sat could bring it in murder. I thought I had only stunned him I never meant to do more than stun him! Manslaughter manslaughter not murder!"
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