ILL-GOTTEN PLEASURE NO ENJOYMENT. 12

 "Oh, here's Jack," cried Dick; "come along, old
 fellow, and help us to think of some good punish-
 ment for that horrid sneak, Adolphus."
 "We want to serve him out thoroughly," said
 Roger.
 Oh, fellows, I've just come to beg you not to
notice anything about it," exclaimed Jack ear-
nestly. "Father has made it a special request to
me to let things be as they are, and not make a
fuss."
 What !" exclaimed both the boys simultaneously,
"say nothing and do nothing to the sneak! Nonsense,
we can't think of that."
 But Jack was so very earnest in his pleading for
silence on the subject, and represented so strongly
that it would only irritate his father if he did not
obey his wishes in the matter, that his two irate
friends appeared at last somewhat more calm, and
their wrath subsided.
 "I never heard of such a thing," said Dick at
length in a sort of quiet despair; "you mean to say
that you'll actually let him ride home too!"
 Why, yes, Dick, father wishes it, and besides you
know he has promised me Baffle for another day,
to make up, and then we three can have a splendid
ride together. Do let us go now and find Adolphus,
and we'll all have a stroll round by the shore