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seems to me to be cleverly managed, though perhaps a little personal." "Ah, only natural with schoolboys," said the Doctor. "I should like to see it. Can you fetch it, Rastle?" "It is nailed to the wall," said Mr Rastle, smiling, "like Luther's manifesto; but I can get one of the boys, I dare say, to unfasten it for you." "No, do not do that," said the Doctor. "If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, you know, Mahomet and his disciples must go to the mountain, eh, Mr Harrison? I think we might venture out and peruse it where it hangs." So half-stealthily, when the whole school was falling asleep, Dr Senior and his colleagues stepped out into the passage, and by the aid of a candle satisfied their curiosity as to the mysterious _Dominican_. A good deal of its humour was, of course, lost upon them, as they could hardly be expected to understand the force of all the allusions it contained. But they saw quite enough to enable them to gather the general tenor of the paper; it amused and it concerned them. "It shows considerable ability on the part of its editor," said the Doctor, after the masters had returned to his study, "but I rather fear its tone may give offence to some of the boys--in the Sixth for instance." "I fancy there is a considerable amount of rivalry between the two head forms," said Mr Harrison. "If there is," said Mr Jellicott, "this newspaper is hardly likely to diminish it." "And it seems equally severe on the juniors," said Mr Rastle. "Ah," said the Doctor, smiling, "about that `strike.' I can't understand that. Really the politics of your little world, Rastle, are too intricate for any ordinary mortal. But I gather the small boys have a grievance against the big ones?" "Yes, on the question of fagging, I believe." "Oh!" said the Doctor. "I hope that is not coming up. You know I'm heretic enough to believe that a certain amount of fagging does not do harm in a school like ours." "Certainly not," said Mr Jellicott. "But these small boys are really very amusing. They appear to be regularly organised, and some of them have quite a martyr spirit about them." "As I can testify," said Mr Rastle, proceeding to recount the case of Stephen Greenfield and his sore cheek. The Doctor listened to it all, half gravely, half amused, and presently said: "Well, it is as well the holidays are coming. Things are sure to calm down in them; and next term I dare say we shall
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