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 had forborne to retaliate. Therefore, when Bateese, in his hideous uniform, was put in her charge, she devised a deep, dark plot for the undoing of her enemy. She purposely sought the vicinity of this arbiter of fashion, and when, as she expected, the clothes of Bateese called forth scathing criticism and a scuffle ensued, she was able to rush in with a light heart and “’lam him good,” conscious that she could afterward pose as a noble heroine, the saviour of Bateese. She had not, however, quite counted on the savageness of the small boy, and when she realized the awful destruction wrought in the attire of her charge and that her “other” dress was ruined, then did woe and foreboding seize upon her. She would have gone home under the protection of “Bateese’s pa and ma,” but not alone—oh, not alone.

When the captain had in turn learned all Rh