also a belief that, however well trained the lost might be in some ways,
their manners had not been carefully attended to, and that they had not
been trained to be well behaved when making visits to utter strangers. A
beast or bird that will force itself upon the hospitality of an utter
stranger unasked, and then bite its host, may be well educated, but it
is not polite. The boarders looked at Professor Jocolino and frowned.
The professor looked stolidly at his plate, and ate hurriedly, and left
the table before the others had finished.

"'T is in me mind," said Flannery, when the professor had left, "that
th' professor has a whole college of thim educated insects, an' that he
do be lettin' thim have a vacation. Or mebby th' class of 1907 is
graduated an' turned loose from th' university. I had th' base-ball team
an' th' football gang spendin' th' night with me."

"Ho!" said Hogan, gruffly, "'t was th' fellys that does th' high jump
an' th' long jump an' th' wide jump was havin' a meet on Hogan. An' I
will be one of anny ten of us t' tell th' professor t' call th'
scholards back t' school agin. I be but a plain uneducated man, Missus
Muldoon, an' I have no wish t' speak disrespect of thim as is educated,
but th' conversation of a gang of Frinch educated fleas is annoyin' t' a
man that wants t' sleep."

"I will speak t' th' professor, gintlemin," said Mrs. Muldoon, "an'
remonstrate with him. Mary, me girrl," she added, to the maid, who was
passing her chair, "would ye mind givin' me th' least bit of a rub
between me shoulders like? I will speak t' th' professor, for I have no
doubt he has but t' say th' worrd t' his scholards, an' they will all
run back where they belong."