What's the matter?
What have you been doing ?" "Why you see," answered Henry, drawing his cigar from his mouth and squirting, by accident of course, a quantity of spittle over Billy's nicely blacked shoes; "Why you see one of the sophs got his arm broken in a row, and as I am so tender-hearted and couldn't bear to hear him groan, to say nothing of his swearing, the faculty kindly advised me to leave, and sent on before me a recommendation to the old man.

But, egad I fixed 'em.

I told 'em he was in Boston, whereas he's in Chicopee, so I just took the letter from the office myself.

It reads beautifully.

Do you understand ?" All this time, in spite of the tobacco juice, Henry had apparently taken no notice of Billy, whom George now introduced, saying, he believed they were old acquaintances.