You deserve it all and more." After a few moments Professor Justice retired with the same stealthy step.

There was convulsive sobbing in Chief Paul's bed, and the other boys covered their heads with their blankets in dread of a similar visitation.
The boy who suffered that night is now a brilliant judge and well known politician.

But he always believed that he had been punished for changing beds and wondered not a little that his companion had escaped similar castigation.
The boys were obliged to rise very early in the morning.

The first duty of the day was to proceed to the chapel for prayers, and religious instruction.

But many of the lads preferred to gather around the red hot stove of the study hall where they could tend to their devotions with more liberty and comfort than in the chilly chapel.