56 : A HARD SUM.

figure. Without a peep at Ned’s slate
how should he ever work the horrid thing? —
Ned well knew there would be many
more mistakes than ome if he attempted -
to tackle that sum alone. Could the
master have guessed? The boy’s face
flushed red. Ned soon found out the
mistake, and handed up the finished sum.
But Nat toiled hopelessly on and on, long
after school was dismissed, till his master,
who knew all about it, thought he had
been sufficiently punished for the at-
tempted cheats... |.