As I went along, my cap cocked on one side to keep the chilly air from my eye, I felt that I was not only following my nose, but following it so closely, that I was in some danger of treading on it.

I seemed to have nose enough for the whole party.

My left cheek, also, was puffed out like a dumpling.

I couldn't help saying to myself, "If this is victory, how about that other fellow ?" "Tom," said Harry Blake, hesitating.
"Well ?" "Did you see Mr.Grimshaw looking out of the recitation-room window just as we left the yard ?" "No was he, though ?" "I am sure of it." "Then he must have seen all the row." "Shouldn't wonder." "No, he didn't," broke in Adams, "or he would have stopped it short metre; but I guess be saw you pitching into the pump which you did uncommonly strong--and of course be smelt mischief directly." "Well, it can't be helped now," I reflected.
"-- As the monkey said when he fell out of the cocoanut tree," added Charley Marden, trying to make me laugh.
It was early candle-light when we reached the house.

Miss Abigail, opening the front door, started back at my hilarious appearance.