THE SLIGHT ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE. 28

He. walked cautiously along, till he ar-
rived at a point where a large branch’ of
one of the trees rested against the brick-
work, Holding fast by this, he gradu-
ally let himself down on the opposite side.
There was a moment of breathless ex-
pectation, while he was hidden from the
- eyes of his schoolfellows; and then the
cricket-ball came bounding into the play-
- ground, and. announced the successful is-
sue of the expedition.

‘Hush, hush!” cried several voices, as
a general* shout was raised; “we shall
have Dr. Young, or one of the ushers,
out directly, to know what is the mat-
ter; and then Harry will get into a nice
scrape. Make haste, Mertoun; there’s no
time to lose.” Our hero appeared to be
perfectly aware of this fact, without be-
ing reminded of it ‘To climb the tree.