" To this proposition the miller, in particular, assented; and, for the twentieth time, he made some suggestion about the propriety of Joel's going himself, in order to ascertain how the land lay.

It is not probable that Joel's instinct for the strongest side predicted the precise confiscations that subsequently ensued, some of which had all the grasping lawlessness of a gross abuse of power; but he could easily foresee that if the owner of the estate should be driven off, the property and its proceeds, probably for a series of years, would be very apt to fall under his own control and management.

Had not captain Willoughby been one of those who are slow to see evil, he might have detected something wrong in Joel's feelings, by the very first glance he cast about him, on entering the library.

But for Joel's desertion, indeed, and the information he had carried with him, there could be little doubt that the stranger must have felt the influence of such doubts to a very material extent.

Joel's arrival at school.

" This was the notice pasted on the board in Academy Building the morning of Joel's fifth day at school.

Then came the first day at school, with the dread examinations, which after all turned out to be fairly easy, thanks to Joel's faculty for remembering what he had once learned.

Joel's heart went out to Stephen Remsen at once.

One of Joel's letters written to his mother at about this time contains much that will prove of interest to the reader who has followed the fortunes of that youth thus far.

And as the friends took their way toward Joel's room, he told everything to West in words that tumbled over each other.

Back came the ball, straight and low into Joel's outstretched hands.

And when he did return his ways led far from Joel's.

But as no one could withstand that youth for long, at the end of three days both Joel's father and mother had accepted him unreservedly into their hearts.

As for Joel's brother Ezra, and his twelve-year-old sister, they had never hesitated for a single instant.

There was a good deal to see and many questions to answer, since Joel's father was not a man to leave an object of interest until he had learned all there was to be told about it.

" "Humph," grunted Joel's father.

He ducked his bare head to the others and sank into the seat at Joel's side.

" In the evening the quartet went into town to the theater and Joel's mother cried happily over the homely pathos of The Old Homestead, and Outfield laughed uproariously upon the slightest provocation, and every one was extremely happy.

It is not a frequent thing to find a freshman on the Varsity team, even as substitute, and Joel's fame grew apace and many congratulations were extended to him, in classroom and out.

He tossed the mug into Joel's lap.

" Joel's heart leaped as he heard his name pronounced, and he tried to answer.

Perhaps the latter would consider the break sufficient cause for Joel's leaving the field.

Some idea was in Joel's head under the brush of red hair,probably the "anarchic element.

If she had risen to the full level of Joel's views, she might have considered these views tinctured with radicalism, as they consisted in the propriety of the immediate "impinging of the President."

As Joel's informant, the fiery Bishop Klingensmith, remarked, this was not so generous as it seemed, since, while it would serve to decoy them on their way toward San Bernardino, they would never get out of the valley with it.