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do, sir 11 ; and with, as I thought, a half- 

 suppressed twinkle in his eye, " Don't let 

 me catch you again" After school, when 

 we were talking about my escape, some of 

 the fellows said, " Didn't you know he 

 was a fisherman ? Well, if you want a 

 holiday any time, tell him you're going 

 fishing, and if that don't fetch him nothing 

 will." I had only recently been moved 



up into Mr. H J s class, so I was not 



aware that he was as keen an angler as 

 he was jolly and kind-hearted though 

 cane he could, and did. When morning 

 lessons were half through, each master 

 liberated his class for a quarter of an 

 hour. At the end of the fifteen minutes a 



bell rang, and we of H 's class knew 



if we did not clear out of the playground 

 at once we should have to " run the 



gauntlet!" Mr. H , in his college 



cap and gown, stood at the side of the 

 open door. We had to rush past one 

 at a time, and endeavour by fleetness or 

 strategy to avoid the flying cane. Never 

 was the wisdom of "festina lente" more 



