e I was hastening;
when he replied, as I thought, with a sneer, 'You will have a delicate
repast!' I did not then know that he was entrusted with the care of it,
and concluded that this manner of answering me arose from my
supposition of his not being invited; but the tart was no sooner cut up
than his reason for answering me thus was evidently apparent.

_Judge._ You cannot take upon you to say that you positively know him to
be guilty of the charge?

_George Bobadil._ I cannot, but there is the strongest presumption of
it.

_Secretary._ Samuel Evelyn, come and give evidence.

_Judge._ What have you to say, Samuel Evelyn, to this matter?

_Samuel Evelyn._ I was one invited by Sammy Halifax to partake of this
tart, which, when cut up, produced nothing but stones. I had been
walking after dinner in the garden before I went into the school; and
when I got to the bottom of it I saw Henry Lenox and three or four more
sitting on the grass under a rose-bush. As soon as I came within sight
of them, I saw them all in a bustle; and when I came up to them, though
I did not see them eating anything, yet their mouths were so clammy that
it was with difficulty they could answer me. As I had then no reason to
suspect anything, and finding myself an unwelcome guest, I left them and
went into the school.

_Judge._ You do not, then, pretend to say what they had been eating.

_Samuel Evelyn._ I cannot take upon me positively to say what they had
been eating, but I afterwards made no doubt of its being Sammy Halifax's
tart.

_Secretary._ Come, Edward Harris, and give evidence.

_Judge._ What have you to say, Edward, with respect to this tart?

_Edward Harris._ I was invited to partake of it, and was, like the rest,
disappointed; for there was nothing left but the top crust, the side and
bottom crust, all the plums being taken away, and stones and water put
in their place.

_Judge._ Who do you suppose did it?

_Edward Harris._ I make no doubt that it was Henry Lenox. It being left
in his custody, and his refusing to come and partake of it, seem to
corroborate the guilt of Henry Lenox.

_Judge._ Have you any other circumstance to allege against him?

_Edward Harris._ Yes; after he came out of the garden, and had been some
time in the school, he was called out to construe. Before he left his
form, he pulled out his handkerchief to blow his nose, when three or
four plumstones fell on the ground. After he was gone I picked the