Then he 'd go back in an hour and let them out -- if they were there . They were n't always . Tom Ferguson kicked the panels out of the old door once and got out that way . We put a new door of double plank in that they could n't kick out . '' `` I stayed in the schoolroom to do some work , '' said Eric briefly . `` Well , you 've missed Alexander Tracy . He was here to find out if you could play checkers , and , when I told him you could , he left word for you to go up and have a game some evening soon . Do n't beat him too often , even if you can . You 'll need to stand in with him , I tell you , Master , for he 's got a son that may brew trouble for you when he starts in to go to school . Seth Tracy 's a young imp , and he 'd far sooner be in mischief than eat . He tries to run on every new teacher and he 's run two clean out of the school . But he met his match in Mr. West . William Tracy 's boys now -- you wo n't have a scrap of bother with THEM . They 're always good because their mother tells them every Sunday that they 'll go straight to hell if they do n't behave in school . It 's effective . Take some preserve , Master . You know we do n't help things here the way Mrs. Adam Scott does when she has boarders , ' I s ` pose you do n't want any of this -- nor you -- nor you ? ' Mother , Aleck says old George Wright is having the time of his life . His wife has gone to Charlottetown to visit her sister and he is his own boss for the first time since he was married , forty years ago . He 's on a regular orgy , Aleck says .
He smokes XXXXX the parlour and sits up till eleven o'clock reading dime novels . ''
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