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guished him was the possession, in the 

 highest degree, of masculine common-sense. 

 It is, therefore, an insult to all the old 

 " Rugs." who knew Dr. Arnold well, and 

 now worship his memory, that an anonymous 

 Scotch "ink-slinger" — the American phrase 

 is singularly applicable to ignorant writers 

 of this reckless class — who never saw Dr. 

 Arnold, should presume to brand the greatest 

 school-master that ever lived and his pupils 

 as "prigs." Turning from "this noteless 

 blot on a remembered name," let me resume 

 my quotations from Judge Hughes's interest- 

 ing article. Thus he writes : — 



11 I never could quite ascertain how the 

 beagles and guns were put down, but from 

 hints let drop by old Thomas, the head por- 

 ter at the School-house and the Doctor's right 

 hand man, I believe it to have been in this 

 way. Every boy had a spending home (as 

 it w r as called) at one of the confectioners 

 in High Street, where he left his books, bat, 

 fishing rod, and other like articles, to save 

 a journey backwards and forwards to his 

 boarding house, and where he spent his 

 spare cash. It was in the back yards of 



