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he had so much to do to make up his back |
studies that he did not go out in the recess
as usual. On one of those days his les-
sons were more difficult than usual, and he
went out to study them at the large bay
window at the end of the hall, that he could
be more quiet than in the schoolroom.
One of the small recitation-rooms was close
at hand, and as he seated himself, he thought
he heard a murmur of voices through the
half-open door. He paid little attention
to it at first, but in a. few moments he
heard some one wy in quite a distinct {

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Wave complete hold on him now,
and I mean to keep it. The rat has run into
‘the trap I set for him, and now there is
nothing left except to spring it.”

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