Whenever a member had reasons for thinking that another member would be unable to attend, he called a meeting.

For instance, immediately on learning the death of Harry Blake's great-grandfather, I issued a call.

By these simple and ingenious measures we kept our treasury in a flourishing condition, sometimes having on hand as much as a dollar and a quarter.
I have said that the society had no special object.

It is true, there was a tacit understanding among us that the Centipedes were to stand by one another on all occasions, though I don't remember that they did; but further than this we had no purpose, unless it was to accomplish as a body the same amount of mischief which we were sure to do as individuals.

To mystify the staid and slow-going Rivermouthians was our frequent pleasure.