THE LAST TERM AT WEMBLEY’S.

Southland Times, Issue 22422, 8 September 1934, Page 19

THE LAST TERM AT WEMBLEY’S.

Chapter TV. A Plot. It was the sound of the warning day bell that first woke Tom the next day. He was still fairly stiff after his scrap with Baxter. All round him boys were getting dressed while some were still in bed snoring. After a minute Tom jumped out of bed and began to dress rapidly. “Tom, don’t forget the feast to-night. After all the monitors have been, and the masters are in bed we’re going to have some fun. Smiler has collected all the money and he’s going over to the tuckshop after Prep, to get the stuff. We haven’t had a midnight feast for a long time, but we’re going to have a good time.” “No! I won’t forget,” replied Tom. “By the way I’ve got a cake in the locker from the mater, I’ll bring it along tonight.” “Good,” replied the other boy “but hurry the bell will be going soon.” So Tom hurried down to the washbasin, and began to wash himself. Not long after the bell went, and he assembled with the rest to go into class. At the interval, when Tom was passing the tap, he saw Baxter and his crony Smith talking covertly together in a corner. As he passed he could not help but hear Baxter say the following words:— “Yes to-night, when no one’s about, we’ll doctor their hamper. I’d like to see their faces when they taste the mustard and pepper. Ha! Ha! Better still we’ll have a feast of a hamper I got from the pater, yesterday.” Tom ground his teeth angrily as he heard those words. He knew only too well what the two sneaks were going to do. They were going to doctor the tuck for the midnight feast. Hurrying forward over the quadrangle he caught up on Reg and Smiler and told them of the sneak’s dastardly plan. When they had heard the story, their anger and indignation knew no bounds. “I bet we pay them" back,” they murmured angrily. . “I know,” exclaimed Reg excitedly, “we’ll let them doctor the food in our hamper, and then we’ll change the hamners.” ' “What a good idea, said Smiler, “we’ll pay them to meddle with us. After Prep, they went into the dormitory and hid under the bed. Soon the door opened, and in came Baxter, looking stealthily, round to see that there was nobody in the Dorm. The chums saw him take from his pocket a jar of pepper and mustard. He took out the sandwiches and cakes, one by one, and began to plaster them with mustard. Angrily they watched him empty some white ink into two bottles of lemonade. At last, Baxter renacked the hamper carefully and tied the string.round it. Then looking round to see if anyone was coming he crept out. —4 marks to Cousin Desmond Stone (13), 14 Morton Road, Invercargill. (To be continued.)