, every morning except Saturday and Sunday.
The brig's bell was our summons. Captain Mugford struck it as
punctually as if the good order and safety of a large crew were
dependent on his correctness. Our school-hours continued until
half-after one. The remainder of each day was our own, only subject to
the general directions of Mr Clare and the instructions of Captain
Mugford in boating. Of course that was no task--rather the very best
sport we had. Mr Clare grew fast in our good opinions. He was strict;
but boys do not dislike strictness when it is mated with justice and
guided by a firm and amiable disposition, as it was with our tutor.

We soon got to see that Mr Clare, in his way, was as much of a _man_ as
Captain Mugford, and that the Captain respected him highly. The Captain
always liked to have an evening smoke with our tutor, and the boating
excursions were much jollier when Mr Clare made one of the party, as he
often did. He was our master in school, but only wished to be our
companion in play. In every athletic exercise he excelled, and I dare
say that was one great reason of the powerful influence he soon gained
with us--for boldness, strength, and agility are strong recommendations
to boyish admiration. About two weeks after the commencement of our
cape life, as we were going to bed one night, "our fresh tute" became
the subject of discussion; and our first opinions were changed by a
vote, in which all but Drake joined, that Mr Clare was a regular brick.
Drake had a prejudice against tutors that required more than two weeks
to break up. He allowed that Mr Clare seemed a very respectable sort
of fellow, but then he said--

"I can't join in all the praise you boys give him; now my idea of a
`regular brick' is our `salt tute.' He's the sort of man for me. If
Captain Mugford _only_ knew Latin and Greek!"

Mr Clare was from the north of England. His parents being poor, he had
obtained his education under difficulties, and did not enter college
until he was twenty-three years of age. His parents had emigrated when
he was a child to Canada, where he had seen a good deal of wild life
among the Indians. For some cause his father returned--to take
possession of a small property, I believe--and brought him with him.
After the common country schooling he could pick up in winter, he began
to prepare himself for college in the hours he was off work on his
father's farm, or had to take from sleep. So he