Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute
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"But you eat it!" Wilkins had already swallowed his third spoonful. "I don't want to starve, " answered Wilkins, significantly. "You'll getused to it in time. " Hector tried to dispose of a second spoonful, but he had to give it up. At home he was accustomed to a luxurious table, and this meal seemed tobe a mere mockery. Yet he felt hungry. So he took up the piece of breadat the side of his plate, and, though it was dry, he succeeded in eatingit. By this time his left-hand neighbor, a boy named... Colburn, had finishedhis soup. He looked longingly at Hector's almost untasted plate. "Ain't you going to eat your soup?" he asked, in a hoarse whisper "No. " "Give it to me?" "Yes. " In a trice, Colburn had appropriated Hector's plate and put his ownempty one in its place. Just after this transfer had been made, Mr. Smith looked over to where Hector was sitting. He observed the emptyplate, and said to himself: "That new boy has been gorging himself. Hemust have a terrible appetite. Well, that's one good thing, he ain'tdainty.
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