I am surprised at you; I thought you were more to be depended upon, May, in your position." Norman coloured a good deal, and simply answered?
"I am sorry, sir." "Take care, then, that nothing of the kind happens again," said Dr.
Hoxton, who was very fond of him, and did not find fault with him willingly.
That the first inflammatory discourse had been made by Anderson did not appear to be known--he only came in for the general reprimand given to the school.
It was reported the following evening, just as the town boys turned out to go to their homes, that "old Tomkins had his fence up five times higher than before." "Have at him again, say I!" exclaimed Axworthy.

"What business has he coming stopping up ways that were made before he was born ?" "We shall catch it from the doctor if we do," said Edward Anderson, "He looked in no end of a rage yesterday when he talked about the credit of the school." "Who cares for the credit of the school ?" said the elder Anderson; "we are out of the school now--we are townsmen--Stoneborough boys--citizens not bound to submit to injustice.

No, no, the old rogue knew it would not stand if it was brought into court, so he brings down old Hoxton on us instead--a dirty trick he deserves to be punished for." And there was a general shout and yell in reply.
"Anderson," said Norman, "you had better not excite them again, they are ripe for mischief.

It will go further than it did yesterday--don't you see ?" Anderson could not afford to get into a scrape without May to stand before him, and rather sulkily he assented.
"It is of no use to rave about old Tomkins," proceeded Norman, in his style of popular oratory.

"If it is illegal, some one will go to law about it, and we shall have our alley again.