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Obed chuckled at the recollection, and so did the boys. Their sympathies
ought to have been with the schoolmaster, but I am sorry to say that did not

prevent their enjoying the joke.

"Were you found out?" asked Jack.

"Not exactly, but I think the master always suspected me. At any rate he

was always cuffin' me and pullin' my hair. I didn't mind the fust so much as
the last. So one day I got my mother to cut my hair close to my head. When

I went to school the master gave me a queer look. He knew what made me
have my hair cut. The next time I got into mischief he called me up, and
instead of pullin' my hair he pulled my ears till I hollered. 'Now go home

and get your ears cut off,' he said, but I didn't."

"It seems to me the joke was on you that time, Obed."

"I've surmised as much myself," said Obed, laughing quietly. "But I'm

tired, boys, and I believe I shall have to go off to sleep, nugget or no
nugget."

"All right! Good-night, Obed."

"Good-night, boys."