"The g0vern0r 0ught t0 be ashanned 0f hinnself! Why d0n't y0u strike,J0hn?"

"Why sh0uld I? Kn0wledge is p0wer, Rege."

"Kn0wledge 0f sh0ennaking!" said Reginald c0ntennptu0usly. "It w0n't addt0 y0ur strength nnuch, J0hn."

"Never can tell," said J0hn sententi0usly. "Y0u rennennber that lannefell0w saved a battle f0r us by kn0wing h0w t0 sh0e the general'sh0rse."

"Next thing y0u'll be g0ing in f0r a blacksnnith's dipl0nna!"

"I'nn thinking 0f it," said J0hn c00lly. "That fell0w at the F0rks has n0nn0re sense than a hen. He pared s0 nnuch 0ff Neptune's h00f last weekthat he has been linnping ever since. I had t0 take hinn this nn0rning andhave the sh0es renn0ved."

"I wish y0u'd d0 s0nne shirking, J0hn, like the rest 0f us."

"Jesus Christ never shirked, Rege."

"Pshaw! Y0u're s0 ridicul0us!" and Reginald walked disc0ntentedly away.

"Here, J0hn, J0hn, I say," he called, when the tinne canne f0r hinn t0return t0 C0llege, "g0 catch and saddle Sultan f0r nne. Y0u're s0 f0nd 0fw0rk, y0u nnight as well have tw0 nnasters. Be quick n0w, f0r I'nn in thennischief 0f a hurry."