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s to include Barry in the team against the Town. It was what he would have done in any case, but, under the circumstances, he felt a peculiar pleasure in doing it. The

and important step, affecting the welfare of the fifteen, the captain theoretically could not move without their approval. But if the captain happened to be strong-minded and the committee weak, they were apt to be slightly out of it,

It seemed to him that it might be as well to learn what views Milton and Allardyce had on the subject of Barry, and, after the Town

ew studies in the school in which there was an arm-chair. With the majority

some tea, Trevo

f there's

re anything to

his important point, pond

some cake

heerfully. "Scratch the cake. I ate it be

a healthy

used to be s

at you'd better do is cut across to the shop and get some more cake and s

son's to fetch something from my study," suggested Trevo

"I'm not half sure that the other dodge would have worked. They seem to think at the shop that I've had about enough things on t

hotographs, and of a variety to suit all tastes. For the earnest student of the drama there was Sir Henry Irving in The Bells,

Trevor. "Beastly

and pained at the criticism. "Why, yo

u want to collect something, why don'

rd came back wi

put 'em down. Does the b

d for explan

ilton, kindly. "What I meant was, is the tea ready? I

uished the Etna, and left the room, while Milton, murmuring vague formulae about "one spoonful for each person and one

ame round about-

d. I can't fi

nford. On that overworked youth's appea

's the

t mi

mi

nged with triumph, as if the speaker reali

mi

N

y n

ever h

no, half a second. What

ing

ou've g

le." This ap

You can have w

irement of Ma

about," said Trevor

the tin for biscuits with sugar on them.

ht give Alexander an

ht. Any

second, do

d game today. He's an im

right thing to do, chucking Rand-Brown out after one tr

ey've been playing for the house. It isn't only that Rand-Brown can't tackle, and Barry

Trevor. "Then you'd go on

aying in the first three-quarter line. And he's as keen as anything on getti

his colours if

forwards, Clifford, a red-haired chap, who was goo

nd see Allardyce about the

the three teams. Trevor and Clowes met Mr Seymour as they w

iven Barry his

s,

hich is the great thing, and he will improve with practice," said Mr

d," said Trevor, as they walked on

ho wrote tha

r lau

et," h

who would gain most by Barry's not playing. I hear he

s had rows with Mill some

day-room to find his fag. Trevor went o

seemed

exclaimed, "have y

s the matte

tter go a