CHAPTER III.. Saturday Afternoon.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

The bright summer-time--sport at Frank's--the dog "Trip" playing hy-spy--the boys hiding--Trip finding them--the result of the first game--the second game--the court scene--talk about it with Sylvester Jones--Nat goes to court--the prisoners are two of his schoolmates--his sympathy for them--examination of witnesses--the remarks of the justice--Nat proposes to plead their case--the sensation and result--what was said of it--another instance of Nat's sympathy--what it foreshadowed--Howard--Wilberforce--Buxton 28-37