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"Then you'll wait till I choose to et out of the way I shall take the soles off your boots,"

said Bunce, putting back his rubber

"I'll speak to papa about your insolence," cried the boy, with his eyes

flashing and his fists clenched; and I thought he was going to strike

Bunce

"Well," said a sharp ringing voice, "speak to him then What is it?"

I started to my feet, and Bunce touched his cap to a tall elderly

gentle white

h and through

"I said, what is it, Phil?" cried the newcomer, whom I felt to be Sir

Francis before Philip spoke

"This fellow called me a pauper, pa!"

Sir Francis turned sharply on Bunce, who did not seeree alarmed

"How dare you call my son a pauper, sir?" he said sternly

"I--"

"Stop!" cried Sir Francis "Here, you boy, go away and wait till I call

you Not far"

"Yes, sir," I said; and I walked away thinking what a fierce quickthen that he was one of the o back, and as soon as I had reached