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 Many of them did so. The cortège stopped abruptly.

"What a pitiful ass he's making of himself," said one Senior in the background to another. "Yes," was the reply, "he'll never get over it, like that fellow in"

"Seize them!" Jere commanded shrilly.

Some of the crowd rushed toward the pall-bearers like the charging foe in battle-scenes on the stage.

"Hold on!" shouted Preston Brown. "Of course you outnumber us, but if you want to take the thing back you've got to carry it yourselves." And he offered his place to Jeremiah, who came forward to take it.

Now this was the signal for Ferris to jump up and yell "Leg pull!" in Jeremiah's face. But he did not do it. Preston, thinking he had forgotten, leaned over and pulled back the sheet, yelling as he did so: "Leg pull! leg pull!" Some of the crowd joined in, but suddenly stopped. For they saw Preston start back in amazement.

Ferris did not jump up. Ferris was not