To this they agreed.
"I say, I went there last week Monday, with Meg McManus. I say, fellars, it's real good fun."
The other fellows, having on the unfamiliar best rig, were well aware that they must not descend to their familiar haunts, and all consented.
To the amazement of the teacher, these three hulking boys allied themselves to the side of order, took their places as they were bidden, turned the public opinion of the class, and made the Botany Bay of the school to be its quietest class that night.
To his amazement the same result followed the next night. And to his greater amazement, the next.
To Alice's amazement, she received on Twelfth Night a gilt valentine envelope, within which, on heavily ruled paper, were announced these truths:—
Marm,—The mitins wur Nora Killpatrick's. She lives inn Water street place behind the Lager Brewery.
Yours to command,
William Floyd.
Thomas Mulligan.