“Very good, but as soon as I am certain which one of those fellows it was that pushed you down I will make it warm for him.”
“I don’t believe you ever will know, Dick.”
CHAPTER IX
ANOTHER OF JACK’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The two boys went up the hill to the Academy with the bag which one of them had found in the creek and had an interview with Dr. Wise.
The doctor looked his name in some respects and in others he did not.
He was a tall, spare man, dressing habitually in solemn black and a huge white choker, his face being clean shaven and showing the firmness of his chin and his square, well-set jaws.
He was very bald, however, and the big round spectacles which he always wore gave an owlish aspect to his face, the glasses being set in a heavy black frame which made his eyes look even deeper than they naturally were.
However, the doctor was of a most kindly nature and all the boys under his charge, with a few notable exceptions, were greatly attached to him and treated him with admiration as well as respect.