You are a set of trumps , and we 'll give you a first-class spread after the play to pay for it . Wo n't we , fellows ? '' answered Jack , much gratified , and feeling that now he could act his own part capitally . `` We will . It was a handsome thing to do , and we think well of you for it . Hey , Gus ? '' and Frank nodded approvingly at all , though he looked only at Annette . `` As king of this crowd , I call it to order , '' said Gus , retiring to the throne , where Juliet sat laughing in her red table-cloth . `` We 'll have ` The Fair One with Golden Locks ' next time ; I promise you that , '' whispered Ed to Mabel , whose shining hair streamed over her blue dress like a mantle of gold-colored silk . `` Girls are pretty nice things , are n't they ? Kind of 'em to take Jill in . Do n't Molly look fine , though ? '' and Grif 's black eyes twinkled as he planned to pin her skirts to Merry 's at the first opportunity . `` Susy looks as gay as a feather-duster . I like her . She never snubs a fellow , '' said Joe , much impressed with the splendor of the court ladies . The boys ' costumes were not yet ready , but they posed well , and all had a merry time , ending with a game of blind-man 's - buff , in which every one caught the right person in the most singular way , and all agreed as they went home in the moonlight that it had been an unusually jolly meeting . So the fairy play woke the sleeping beauty that lies in all of us , and makes us lovely when we rouse it with a kiss of unselfish good-will , for , though the girls did not know it then , they had adorned themselves with pearls more precious than the waxen ones they decked their Princess in . Chapter XI . `` Down Brakes '' The greatest people have their weak points , and the best-behaved boys now and then yield to temptation and get into trouble , as everybody knows .
XXXXX was considered a remarkably well-bred and proper lad , and rather prided himself on his good reputation , for he never got into scrapes like the other fellows .
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