One morning the president missed several of his jewels and started
himself for the study hall determined to capture them. As usual, the
boys clambered through the windows and escaped in different
directions always keeping the hall between them and their pursuer.
Stockie, Billy O'Meara and Paul adopted the old rule of sneaking away
from one corner of the hall, while the president advanced around
another. The pursuit was very close, for the president was sure from the
tracks in the snow, that some of the boys were dodging him.
Stockie and O'Meara broke for the shelter of another building; but Paul
continued to dodge around the study hall. Once the president failed to
appear at the expected corner. Paul feared that he might be doubling on
him and so crept cautiously on all fours back to the corner he had left
to take a look around that side of the building. As he warily put his
head out to take the observation it came in hard contact with that of
the president, who had adopted Paul's own tactics to catch him. The
situation was so ludicrous that even that austere gentlemen burst out
laughing and Paul scampered away to the chapel.
A favorite resort for the boys during winter weather was a barn where
they had rare sport tumbling over the great quantities of hay in the
loft.
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