The White Feather

nton and his friend Dunstable, who was in Day's house, were discussing ways and means. Li

een groaning under the weight of cake and biscuits. "I should like to know where you expect to go to. You lure

as half

ng i

brother came down with the Oxford A team, and he had to

They're all right. Bring them on

took them

eyed him s

uite such a complete gibberer as to let Menzies get away with all your grub.

passage and stopped at

Menzies, as

sandwich. Let's see a little more of that hissing urn o

t expect

our troubles,"

g. I was thinking of

's tha

rother simply w

en, but I'm a demon when I'm roused. Being done out of my tea is sure to rouse me. And owing to unfortunate accident of being stonily broken, I c

you chaps know

d Linton. "Not

now all your shady friend

ht borrow something from him. I met Herbert in the dinner-hour carryi

ort stand in the way," said D

the way. Go in as if he'd invited us. Ten to one he'll

o tea?" asked Linton, beg

ing. Anyhow, its worth trying. Smith in our house got

hope he kic

Menzies cares to chuck aw

study closed upon Stanning than it was o

inton, affably

le. "You said somewhere about five.

took the kettl

had watched this man?uvre with an air of

began

said Dunstable soo

that term, much less Dunstable, whom he merely knew by sight. Yet here they were, behaving like honoured guests. It was plain that there was a misunderstanding so

felt came when Sheen pressed upon him a bag of biscuits which, he knew, could not have cost l

ruples. He leaned back easily in his chair,

you come down town with us one of these days and do a bit of canvassing? It's a rag.

d Sheen,

knocked out. We had to run. There's a regular gang of them going about the town, now that the election's on. A red-headed fellow, who looks like a butcher, s

g Drummond to t

een," said Linton. "He ought to be in s

at his two fellow-visitors as if h

e First?" as

en. Any t

s point, and shortly afterwar

ith me some tim

said Sheen. "T

ent back to their study, "rushing him like that. I shouldn't

e rushed. By Jove, I should like to s

, Drummond was engaged in

nly today. We shall have another forty points taken off us when we

t," sai

d pretty much a

o tea. Or Dunstable either. Yet they came in as if I ha

ond s

, or you'll have an awful time. Of course those two chaps were simply trying it on. I had

ow," said Sheen

this, or everybody in the house'll be ragging you. Chaps will, natu

He was beginning to see things. It is ne

chap in Day's, came to tea like tha

passage. Look here, Sheen, you really must pull yourself together. I'm not ragging. You'll have a beastly time if you're so feeble. I hope you wo

people's feeli

es, it doesn't hurt a chap's feelings being told to

ht," said Sh

nd. "Well, I'm off. Wonder if

overheard certain shrill protestations which were apparent

point the moral. Suppose you'd have let him bag all the hot water, which ought to have come to his elders and betters, for fear of hurting his feelings; and gone without your b

erwards there came from across the passag