Mike

ing tea ready. Clowes was on the window-sill, one leg in the room, the other outside, hanging over space. He loved to sit in this attitude, watching some one else work, and g

ring out tea with a concentration wo

he pot," s

ed Trevor. "Come an

o b

't doing

but can't think of Life. Give him a tea-pot and half a pound of butter to mess about with,' I say, 'and

rot were you thinking about just then? What fun it was sit

nsely occupied with the problem of brothers a

e. I say, we shall want some more ja

old pal Nero used to remark. Wh

lbor

opinion of your sense, Trevor. If you'd been a si

houldn't ha

Like the heroes of the school stories. 'Big blue eyes literally bubbling over with fun.' At least, I suppose it's fun to him. Ch

ght there,"

of becoming rather a blood at Wrykyn, and that I didn't want the work of years spoiled

h as

ot. Hence, we see my brother two terms ago, packing up his little box, and tooling off to Rugby. And here am I at Wrykyn, with an unstained reputation, lo

on," sai

ion for the next quarter of an hour. At the end of

present," he said, "Mr. Clowes resumed his very interesting remarks. We were on the subject of

? Besides, naturally, young Jackson came to

l the sons to have been at the same school. It may be all right after they're left, but while they're there,

el

f this sending young brothers to t

an keep an eye o

pot. In other words, Bob Jackson is practically responsible

hy

why he didn't look after him better: or he spends all his spare time shadowing him to see that he doesn't get into trouble. He feels that his reputation hangs on the kid's conduct, so he broods over him like a policeman, whi

ith him? He doesn't stick on side any way, whi

times at the nets, and he's very decent. But his getting into trouble

up? Does

got a genius for ragging. Thinks of things that

extra. One always sees hi

being dropped on, and then all of a sudden he finds himself up to the eyebrows in a record smash. I don't say young Jackson will land hims

y with Wyatt w

Well,

t? He's one of the dece

wouldn't land him if he could help it, but he probably wouldn't realise what he was letting the kid in for. For instance, I happen to know that Wyatt breaks out of his dorm. every other night.

ooked di

ught to spe

ly make him do the policeman business, which he hasn't time for, an

astly thing for Bob if the kid

e's head of Wain's, and has got far more chan

zeka is

. But what's the good of worrying. It's nothing to

matter. It disturbed him all the time that he and Clowes were on the river; and

in his study,

said, "look her

. W

Clowes and I w

ere he was probab

your br

t reminds me. I forgot to get the evening

ed Trevor,

-three not out against Kent in thi

er. I didn't mean that bro

What's Mike

of; but, I say, you know, he

spoke to hi

? That's all

's anything wro

about this term, I hear. It's his last

blame

gh, if he lugged your broth

ed. I think I'll s

uld, I

tt. If Wyatt likes to risk it, all right. That's his look

e'd have more chance, being in the same house, of

. Smith said he

ght then. Is t

my other yesterday--ag

with the school house during the l

d it go. You were

w. I simply couldn't do a thing then. But my las

're bound to get yo

s playing for the sec

term. You have a pro. to coach

last time. I was away a lot. But

year. There'll be a big clearing-out of colours at the end of this ter

even, he thinks. I asked him what he thought of me, and he said, 'You'll be making a lot of runs some day, Mr. Bob.'

id Trevor. "Don't think he's

ress of wrestling with the speech of an apparently delirious Athenian general, whose remarks seemed to contain nothing even re