As the great day approached, all the tyranny that was in him came to the surface; he seemed to take a vindictive pleasure in punishing the least shortcomings.

The consequence was, that the smaller boys spent their days in terror and suffering and their nights in plotting revenge.

They threw away no opportunity to do the master a mischief.

But he kept ahead all the time.

The retribution that followed every vengeful success was so sweeping and majestic that the boys always retired from the field badly worsted.