Testimony, open declaration. Faltered, hesitated. Motive, that
which causes action, cause, reason. Subtle, artful, cunning.
NOTES.--"Rugby" the scene of this story, is a celebrated
grammar school which was established at the town of Rugby,
England, in 1667.
Sixth-form boy. The school was graded into six classes
or "forms," and the boys of the highest, or sixth, form were
expected to keep the smaller boys under them in order.
SOMEBODY'S DARLING.
BY MARIA LA COSTE.
Into a ward of the whitewashed halls,
Where the dead and dying lay,
Wounded by bayonets, shells, and balls,
Somebody's darling was borne one day;
Somebody's darling, so young and brave,
Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face,
Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave,
The lingering light of his boyhood's grace.
Matted and damp are the curls of gold,
Kissing the snow of that fair young brow;
Pale are the lips of delicate mold
Somebody's darling is dying now.
Back from his beautiful, blue-veined brow,
Brush all the wandering waves of gold;
Cross his hands, on his bosom now;
Somebody's darling is still and cold.
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