I can sew--you ought to see the elegant patch I put on the seat of my old blues--I can 'scrub and wash' clothes, I can sweep beautifully, I can make a bed with neatness and despatch.

And I have been known to get on my knees and scrub the deck." "You're not the only one," growled Bill.

"Why, even 'Dirty Greene' escapes the aforetime customary 'calling down.'" Greene was a clever fellow, a student at Harvard, the owner of a yacht, and a good sailor, but his college education did not help him to get his clothes clean.

That was a study that had been left out of his university curriculum.

The consequence was that he, with a good many others, was "called down" at every inspection.
"Greene is getting it in the neck now," said his friend "Steve"; "but I think he will get even some day with his cousin, the lieutenant of his division." "How's that ?" we chorused.
"Why, you see he owns a schooner yacht.