Adventures and adventurers > Adventures of Roderick Random

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to be laid, nnd heartily viliipt with’ his ow*
birch. The other boys were ready to join ps,
or hinder any one from coming to h s rel'of.
One of our principal assistants ’ wi,.» called
Jeremy Gawky, whos-1 life 1 iiad one* sdv> i,
whenjie was on the.p«|«nt of being drowned ;
'and the name of the other Hugh Scrap, whose
attachment flowed from a voluntary, disin¬
terested inclination, which was manifested
on many occasions in my behalf, having otte«
fathered offences I had committed, and had
etved me fro m drowning at the risk'of hi«
own life. These two champions were willing
to engage in this enterprise, as they intended
to leave the school next day, as well as I ;
the first being ordered by bis father to return *
into the country, and the other being bound
* apprentice to a barber,, at a market-town not
far off.
In the mean time, my uncle being informed
of my master's behaviour to me, was enraged
beyond aM composition, and vowed revenge
So heartily, that I could not refrain from
telling him the scheme I had concerted: but
he, doubting our abilities, consented to assist
us. We were very proud of our associate,
who/prepared a cat-and-mne-tails with great
expedition; after wheih, he ordered our
baggage to be packed up, and got horses
reauy 11 be mounted as so®n 'as the affair
• Should be ever.
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