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Show A Terrible Confession. There was Indignation in tho town. Tho second fioor of St. Boniface's school hod been Hooded with water, and ceilings below be-low wero precipitated ovor tho desks. Shrowd detectives searched for the miscreants, mis-creants, while the trustees engaged In the collection of funds for prosecution and repairs. Weeks passed by. but tho sleuths found no clue: neither did tho reward offered poduce traces of tho offenders. One morning a dejected boy appeared beforo the priest and mado confession. "Tho other boys lured mo into tho basement' of a large building," began tho lad, imploringly. "Sure, 1 didn't know what building it was." ho added quickly. "Go on," said tho priest, sternly, certain cer-tain that an Important disclosure was about to bo made. "In the basement there was a pump," and tho boy trembled. "Yes, yes," urged the priest, Impatiently, Impatient-ly, as tho link grew stronger In tho Hooded schoolhouso case. "And then I pumped, and tho next thing I heard" "Tho rush of water," interrupted tho excited clergyman- "Who said anything about wator?" muttered tho boy In disgust. "It was music. Tho motor was brokon and the othor boys cot me to pump wind into a Protestant pipo organ." Now York Times. |