The Pothunters

owing day that Tony arrived back at his House. The boarding Houses at St Austin's formed a fringe to the School grounds. The two largest were the School House and Merevale's. Tony was at Merevale's.

d have backed himself to beat, even if the positions had been reversed. Being a wise youth, however, and knowing that the best of runners may fail through under-training, he had for the last week or so been going in for a st

d Welch with pleasure. With any other leading light of the School he might have felt less at ease, but with Tony it was different. When you have underdone a fellow's

resh, news to which no one could say pityin

etting the Middles.' (A telegram had, of course, preceded Tony.) 'I say, Graham, do you know

ow do y

t. I booked it in a second as

ch r

e window facing aw

a burglar wanted in the First room. I

of the burglary, but they had not even an idea as to the recent event which had made the First room so fit a hunting-ground f

ou heard? No, of course you went up to

d w

t room. I don't suppose there's one left now. I should like to see the Old Man's face when he hears

y putting--there must have been at least fifty pounds' worth of silv

Welch. 'Wonder wh

up and change, or you'll be late for brekker. Come

ere, sure enough, was the window, or rather the absence of window. A pane h

d see if there's anythin

'give us a leg up. Right

anyth

see how the chap, whoever he was, got in. You've only got to break the wind

I fancy, in these sorts of cases,

rma. 'Wonder if they'll catch the chap. We'd better be gett

oceedings, and reached his study, he found there James Thomson, brother to Allen Thomson, as the playbills say. Ji

What's up with you this

n a beastly hole though. I wa

've got plenty of t

ow on earth did you manage to lick All

wasn't in it at all except during the second round, when I gave him beans rather in one of the corners. My aunt, it was warm while

look a b

o. But what's th

of quid on Allen, and the r

Whom did y

llen hi

imself? He must have known he was miles better than

his House at Rugby on himself. He wanted a hedge because he wasn't sure about his ankle being all right. You

luke I managed to out him when I did. If he'd hung on to the

Sportsman_ says.

for. You're bound to come a mucker sooner

xcept for ha

course. But you don't find me with two quid to

y for something and he's leaving and going abroad or something at th

at last, 'can't you ask your pater? He usually he

o know all about it, and why I couldn't get on to the holidays with five bo

ourse

t tell him I'v

ts himself,

. He got done rather badly once a few years ago. Believe he betted on Orme that year he got poisoned. Anyhow he's always sworn to lynch us if we made fools of ourselv

that. Haven't you any o

My pater said he'd give me a quid for every race I won at the sport

ear about that. What

ial. 2-7 and

ought to pull off the mi

wice during training. He was second in the half yesterday by about thr

ur best fo

4-48's my average, so there's noth

e you buck up than he has. Th

e on the tape. I shan't spare myse

l. We must buck up. Going t

't eat anything.

e in your line

nal matters, Tony entirely forgot to impar