"You might just go on getting the breakfast, and what a fine start that would give you for the day." "You hurry, William John, to bed with that poor lad.

What would his mother say?
He must be fairly exhausted." "I'm not a bit tired," said Hughie, brightly, his face radiant with the delight of his new experiences.
"You will need all your sleep, my boy," said the mother, kindly, "for we rise early here.

But," she added, "you will lie till the boys are through with their work, and Thomas will waken you for your breakfast." "Indeed, no! I'm going to get up," announced Hughie.
"But, Hughie," said Billy Jack, seriously, "if you and Thomas are going to carry out that man to-morrow, you will need a mighty lot of sleep to-night." "Hush, William John," said the mother to her eldest son, "you mustn't tease Hughie.

And it's not good to be saying such things, even in fun, to boys like Thomas and Hughie." "That's true, mother, for they're rather fierce already." "Indeed, they are not that.

And I am sure they will do nothing that will shame their parents." To this Hughie made no reply.