New history of Standford and Merton; being a true account of the adventures of masters Tommy and Harry, with their beloved tutor, MrBarlow . ikeone new and original attitude which I do not seein these inctiires, and your sentence shall bemitigated. The Conceited Pedlar uttered a piercing shriek,and fell back into the arms of the attendants. Three days afterwards Leonidas exhibited tothe Spartans a man whose head hung downupon his breast, whose limbs were limp and THE NEW HISTORY OF helpless, and whose entire demeanor presentedsuch a picture of dejection as the people had never seen equalled. T
New history of Standford and Merton; being a true account of the adventures of masters Tommy and Harry, with their beloved tutor, MrBarlow . ikeone new and original attitude which I do not seein these inctiires, and your sentence shall bemitigated. The Conceited Pedlar uttered a piercing shriek,and fell back into the arms of the attendants. Three days afterwards Leonidas exhibited tothe Spartans a man whose head hung downupon his breast, whose limbs were limp and THE NEW HISTORY OF helpless, and whose entire demeanor presentedsuch a picture of dejection as the people had never seen equalled. This, said Leo-nidas, is the Pedlar,with the Conceit takenout of him! A yell of derisionbroke from the multi-tude. Leonidas pro-duced the book andthe pictures, and ex-plained to the crowdthe use to which thePedlar had hitherto put them. Then he returned them to the Pedlar, who, tothe surprise of all, suddenly appeared re-animatedwith a new vigor. In less time than it takes torelate, he had opened the portfolio of pictures,andr collecting all his strength for one final spring,he threw himself into an attitude^ and disap-peared for SANDFORD AND MERTON. 33 What has become of him ? inqmred theformer admirers of the Conceited Pedlar, ofLeonidas. Leonidas significantly placed his dexter fingerof his dexter hand perpendicularly against hisnose, with such mathematical precision as to bisectthat organ at a given point, so as to form withthe two sides meeting it an equilateral triangle,of which the tip of the nose was the third said nothing, but he smiled again severaltimes to iiimself during the remainder of his life. 34 THE NEW HISTORY OF CHAPTER VI. WHICH CONTAINS STORY THE SECOND. ^%=-.** Xr? HE following morn-ing Mr. Barlow, who,since the arrival ofhis two pupils, haddismissed his gar-^t dener, sent themW into his garden toturn up the earth/j/4^ in order to prepareit for his potatoes,beans, and celery, of all which vegetables he wasan ardent consumer. When the two
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