Then arose that strange, mysterious, indefinable Thing, known as "The Scent." The animals sniffed.
"It heralds the approach of the Stalkies--the most famous of British Skool Boaz," said the Moo Kow.

"They have just placed a decaying guinea-pig, two white mice in an advanced state of decomposition, and a single slice of Limburger cheese in the bed of their tutor.

They had previously skillfully diverted the drains so that they emptied into the drawing-room of the head-master.

They have just burned down his house in an access of noble zeal, and are fighting among themselves for the spoil.

Hark! do ye hear them ?" A wild medley of shrieks and howls had arisen, and an irregular mob of strange creatures swept out of the distance toward the pool.