The details of the plan had been carefully considered during the winter, and when the ship was moored at Brockway, the organization of the school, its rules and regulations had all been written out.

The boys began to arrive about the first of March, and by the first of April all of them, eighty-seven in number, were on board.
Mr.Lowington was naturally very anxious for the success of his experiment, and for months he had labored with unceasing diligence in perfecting his plan, and carrying it into operation.

In this occupation he had found the activity he needed; and he may not be blamed for believing, all the time, that he was laboring for his country and his race.
If it has been inferred from what has been said of Mr.Lowington, of his domestic afflictions, and of his views on the subject of discipline, that he was an austere, cold, and unsympathizing man, a wrong impression has been conveyed.

The boys of the Brockway Academy, when they came to know him, loved him as much as they respected him.

He was not the man needlessly to abridge the harmless enjoyment of youth, or to repress its innocent hilarity.