Skeats

I saw Skeats speaking to him yesterday just after we came into the playground, and the two walked away together.

That Scholarship Boy Emma Leslie

I think you might, now Skeats has taken to interfering with us like this. '

That Scholarship Boy Emma Leslie

But, if you'll believe it, he was game enough to say, "No, sir, I'm quite well," which was as good as telling Skeats he was a fool for asking such a question. '

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"Howard, are you ill?" said Skeats at last, in his sharp way.

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'Yes; and what are we to do next, for the beggar don't seem to care now whether we send him to Coventry or not, and Skeats is giving the game away by letting him go to the chemistry "lab." every dinner hour.'

That Scholarship Boy Emma Leslie

That sneak from the board school pretends to have "an idea," whatever that may be, and goes talking to old Skeats about it, and so he lets him go up to the "lab." every dinner-time to work at it.

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'Why, what has Skeats done?' asked one of the lads; for the science master was a favourite among most of the boys.

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"That's done the trick," Taylor whispered to me, when Skeats frowned at him once for being such an ass.

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Oh, never fear! we shall get rid of that board school beggar this time, for Skeats is awfully particular about his stuff, and he'll never forgive him for using chemicals like these away from

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I'll let Skeats know whether he shall favour a fellow because the rest of us have sent him to Coventry! '

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