Mr.Burrows, may I put a question to vote ?" And Mr.Burrows giving a hearty consent, he continued, "Very well.

Now I want every boy here, who is willing to allow Edward Lewis to go to the board _now_ and try that example, and, if he succeeds, give him the place which would have been his yesterday, to stand up." Ellis Holbrook was the first to spring to his feet, and every single boy in the room followed his example; Tip alone sitting still, with burning cheeks.
"Well done," said Mr.Holbrook "Now it only remains to get your teacher's consent to our plan." Which Mr.Burrows gave by wheeling his table from before the blackboard and picking up an arithmetic.

"You may come forward, Edward.

I will dictate the example; which one is it ?" "The thirty-ninth, sir; fifty-first page." By this time Tip was at the board.

How they watched him! how fearful his teacher was for him! how he longed to have him succeed! Tip worked fast and boldly; his hand did not tremble; chalk and fingers and brain did their duty; the terrible "nine in thirty-one, how many times," as a test for the larger number, was reached, and an unusually large and bold figure _three_ was placed in the quotient; a few more rapid dashes, and, with a grand flourish after the "seventeen remainder," Tip threw down the chalk, pushed back the hair from his hot temples, and walked to his seat.
The boys could not keep quiet any longer: a very soft tapping was heard at first, then, finding they were not silenced, it rose to a loud, decided stamping of many feet.