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SCHOOL DAYS
bird-fancier, and instructed him in the rudiments of the art of stuffing. In token of his gratitude, Arthur allowed Martin to tattoo a small anchor on one of his wrists, which decoration, however, he carefully concealed from Tom. Before the end of the half-year he had trained into a bolder climber and good runner, and, as Martin had foretold, knew twice as much about trees, birds, flowers, and many other things as our good-hearted and facetious young friend Harry East.
