Do you feel brave to-day, Edward ?" "Yes, sir," answered Tip promptly; "pretty brave." And he did, besides feeling eager and excited.

The long winter term was over; to-day and to-morrow were to be days of examination.

The boys had been working hard for it,--none harder than had Tip.

It was the first examination which had ever come to him in this exciting way.

Always before he had been among the few inevitable dunces, running away from examination altogether, or else laughing good-naturedly over his own blundering ignorance.