14 MEMOIR OF 



Richards, striking him in his wrath with great 

 violence. 



" 'Tis no he, sir," pleaded Russell, pathetic- 

 ally ; "for Bovey stole them yesterday, and sent 

 them home to his father at Pear-tree." 



"Then that's lucky for you," responded the 

 doctor, "or I'd have expelled you too." 



After this narrow escape, Russell, it would 

 appear, was compelled to quench as best he 

 could the latent fiame that burned w^ithin him, 

 and pay due deference, at least outwardly, to 

 the more than ever strict discipline exacted by 

 Dr. Richards. 



It may be inferred, too, that he was now 

 compelled to give more attention to his studies 

 than he had hitherto done ; for, soon after his 

 fall as a master of hounds, two prizes were 

 offered for competition — an exhibition of ^^30 per 

 annum, tenable for four years, and a medal for 

 elocution — both of which he won in a canter, 

 regaining at the same time the favour of Dr. 

 Richards. Bat, had the w^orthy man been able 

 to foresee the use Jack made of the hrst £^0 

 he received as an exhibitioner, he would cer- 

 tainly have denounced him as a most unworthy 

 recipient of Blundell's bounty. Our hero expen- 

 ded it in buying a horse from the Rev. John 

 Froude, of Know^stone ; and, as he soon found 

 to his cost, did not get the best of the 

 bargain. 



