. St. Nicholas [serial]. alubrious spot, the school prospectussaid, and old Chiron taught all the polite arts. Itmust have been a trouble, for young Centaurs werea wild set. Indeed, people in those days never said,This boy is as wild as a young colt, but As them much, though the boys bothered old was always shouting to them to keep theirhoofs off the desks, and to stop switching their tailsabout, for they knocked down ink bottles andthings. Of course, in fly-time such a rule was veryhard, but the Centaur boys revenged themselves bychasing the geese that belonged to Chirons oldhouseke
. St. Nicholas [serial]. alubrious spot, the school prospectussaid, and old Chiron taught all the polite arts. Itmust have been a trouble, for young Centaurs werea wild set. Indeed, people in those days never said,This boy is as wild as a young colt, but As them much, though the boys bothered old was always shouting to them to keep theirhoofs off the desks, and to stop switching their tailsabout, for they knocked down ink bottles andthings. Of course, in fly-time such a rule was veryhard, but the Centaur boys revenged themselves bychasing the geese that belonged to Chirons oldhousekeeper, and making her scold till she washoarse. They played foot-ball, too, and such asplendid game, for every Centaur could kick withboth his hind feet, while he steadied himself on hisfore feet. The ball sometimes went clear acrossthe island—about two miles. At least, that is therecord the boys left cut on the rocks at Peparethos,so far as our discoverer could make out and trans-late. Gryneus and Pholus must have been. THE CENTAUR BOYS CHASING THE GEESE. wild as a young Centaur, which amounted tothe same thing. The Centaur boys had good times,you may be sure. The polite arts did not bother the best kickers, for he found their names cut onthe rocks, just under this big kicking score. And they had grand games of base-ball; such 1*79-] THE BOYS AT CHIRON S SCHOOL. 41
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