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confided to his dear friends a secret of his life, which
the reader has only guessed.

An hour was spent in listening to the speeches of the .
boys, which were accompanied by music of their own.
The day closed with pleasing anticipations of the mor-
row, when the boys were to go home for the vacation.
But there was to be another event, which may properly
be made known in another chapter. |