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that lie had walked home, undressed, and got into 

 bed without mentioning a word of what had happened 

 to his master or anyone else. They found him sound 

 asleep and difficult to awake. He was roused even- 

 tually, and told to come to the village. Arrived 

 there, he was asked how many children went over- 

 board. His reply was " to stand still and to burst 

 out laughing ! " That is all the reply they got from 

 him. And greater compunction than that he has 

 •never manifested. Now, what is the general signifi- 

 cance of this case ? 



Here, under an environment which in no way 

 ministers to them, do the slum instincts come out. 

 Those instincts which delight in roaming abroad at 

 night indulging in horse play, and leading others to 

 do wrong, are here manifested, not in the slums, but 

 in a beautiful environment. From the evidence it is 

 clear that this youth did not appear in the village 

 until after 10 o'clock at night, and that he then by 

 cajolery or threats inveigled smaller boys, including 

 the one against whom it is said he had a grudge, to 

 come down to the boats, instead of going home as 

 they were at the moment doing. " He packed the 

 four children all into the bows of a small boat, where 

 they cowered under protestation, and thus weighed the 

 bow low down into the water, and though he knew 

 nothing of sculling, he then commenced to pull with one 

 oar in a slot in the stern sheet of the boat. He swung 

 the oar violently from side to side, and while the boat 

 was lurching terribly, the oar slipped, and the bow 

 being overladen and low in the water, the boat at 



