and hope it will be better only the schoolhouse boat was
out. I think they or our boat will win. Nice seeing them row Gilks
catches a crab'" (this was previous to Gilks's ejection from the boat).
"`Entered chapel at 1 to 8. King was there eating toffee.'"

"Hullo, King, _you're_ all right. When this diary's published some day,
you'll figure all serene," said Telson, laughing.

"Wait a bit," said King, "your turn's coming."

"`At breakfast sit opposite Telson. He eats vulgar. Thou shouldest not
talk with thy mouth full, Telson, I prithee.'"

The readers fairly broke down at this point. Telson had to admit that
his turn _had_ come, and relieved himself by announcing that he would
_prithee_ his candid chronicler some day in a way which would astonish
him.

"`Meditations at breakfast,' continued the diary. `The world is very
big. I am small in the world. I will ambition twenty lines for gross
conduct with Harrison--throwing bread I repent entirely. Parson wanted
me to do his "Caesar" for him.'"

"Oh, what a whacker!" exclaimed Parson.

"`I declined, owing to not knowing--'"

"I can believe that!" added Parson.

"`Both detained for gross conduct not knowing verbs my home is far away.
Let out at 12:28.'"

"What rot it is!" exclaimed Parson, looking up. "What a howling young
ass he must be to put it all down!"

"I guess he didn't expect we'd see it," said Telson. "But, I say, we
can't read it all. Let's see what he says about the boat-race."

This was agreed to, and the eventful day was turned to.

"`Rose at 7:3,'" began Telson, reading--"oh, we don't want that. Let's
see, `Attended chapel at half a minute to eight. Half a minute more I
had been too late. That had been bad alas had I been bad it had been
bad for me next to Wyndham in chapel. Wyndham hath lost his knife he
requested me had I seen it. I answered nay I had not. He said--' Oh,
what frightful bosh it is, I say!"

"So it is; but it would be a spree to see what he says about the race."

"That'll be pages on, at the rate he goes at," said Telson, whipping
over a few leaves. "Let's see. `Gross conduct with King talking in
class King meanly tells Parrett he is a beastly sneak.'"

"What does he say?" exclaimed King. "I told Parrett he was a beastly
sneak? What crams the fellow tells! Fancy me saying that to Parrett!
All I said was I wasn't talking!"

"Why, I see it," said Parson. "He's left out a semi-colon or something;
the