laugh when he knelt down, but this passed off soon, and one by
one all the other boys but three or four followed the lead.

--Adapted from "School Days at Rugby."


DEFINITIONS:--Waistcoat, a vest. Overwhelmed, overcome, cast
down. Novelty, newness. Ablution, the act of washing. Sneered,
showed contempt. Bully, a noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent
than courageous. Tingling, having a thrilling feeling. Leaven, to
make a general change, to imbue. Loathed, hated, detested.
Braggart, a boaster. Vowing, making a solemn promise to God.
Testimony, open declaration. Faltered, hesitated. Motive, that
which causes action, cause, reason. Subtle, artful, cunning.

NOTES.--"Rugby" the scene of this story, is a celebrated
grammar school which was established at the town of Rugby,
England, in 1667.

Sixth-form boy. The school was graded into six classes
or "forms," and the boys of the highest, or sixth, form were
expected to keep the smaller boys under them in order.



SOMEBODY'S DARLING.

BY MARIA LA COSTE.

Into a ward of the whitewashed halls,