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longer a source of regret to the captain, for the boys (avIio had be¬
come someAvhat excited by tAvo hours of guns and bucking-horses
and Comanche Indians, and who were standing around the brass
band that Avas playing on the deck), were somewhat more restless
than they had been on the trip down ; and one of them attemx3ted
to relieve his pent-up emotions by sticking a button into the big
 

A Stereopticon Lecture—the Boys'  Glub of the Wilson  Mission,
 

trombone, with the effect of nearly strangling the stout gentleman
Avho was playing on it. The infuriated musician made a wdld dive
for the boy, avIio proceeded to defend himself with a chair, and in
a moment there was as pretty a riot as one would care to see all
over the forward deck—chairs flying, the bandmen swearing, and
the boys yelling like steam-whistles. When quiet finally Avas re¬
stored by the extraction of the button from the trombone, and the
relegation of the boys to the after-deck, the captain, Avhose ideas