CHAPTER XX.
"Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall." "Here Tip!" said Howard Minturn; "hold this frame steady while I try that nail.

Will, don't put that one up so high, it ain't even with the others.

Hold on, Ellis,--catch hold of this stool, it's tipping.

There, now, it's all nice and in order,--isn't it, Mr.Burrows ?" And he sprang from his stool, as their teacher entered the schoolroom door.
"Very likely," answered Mr.Burrows, smiling; "only I didn't hear what you said." "I say we're ready for examination, room and all." "The room is, certainly; and I hope your brains are.

Ellis, I'd move that chair a little to the left; it will be in the way of the classes as it stands now.