The Washington herald., 1919-08-13
Tom Browns School DAYS
By THOMAS HUGHES
Condensation BY Prof. William Fenwiek Harris)

Just a. Tom was swallowing his
last mOutnfuI g o'clOck in the morn
inEl. winding his comforter round his
throat and tucking the ends into the
breast Of his coat. the horn sounds.
Boots looks in and says. 'Tally-ho.
sir and thcv hear the ring and the
rattle of the four fast trotters and
the town-mude drag. as it dashes up
TO the Peacock
Anything for US. Bob? SAYS the
hurIy guard. dropping down from b.
hind. and sIappIn- himself across the
chest.
Young genl'm'n. Rugby. answers
a hOstIer.
Tell young gent to look alive. q"
saws the guard. opening the hind
boot and shooting the parcels in
after examining them by the lamps
'H-r~. shove the portmlnteau uH n
f"0-Tn faStor him presently Now
there. sir. jump mp behind
"GOOd-by. fathcr-my love at home. 3"
y lost shake " tho hand. Up goes
Tom. Nh" guard catching his hathov
alr1 H0ldin, or with one hand. while
IN tho uthcr ha cIaps the horn t.
nl- Uourh ToOt. '0ot. tcnt' ;he host
l'r~ 1T go their ho..ds. the four bavS
T'-u-, ri Nh, collar. nd away goes
tho TaII,-ho milo tho darkness forty
hyo seconds from the time they had
rr'1-G ny
50 Tom Brown started to begin his
-vHo0ida,= al Rugby when William
ne Fourth sat upon his throne Squire
Ir"vn bad meGitated something ns
follows the night before. Shall 7 tell
hum 70 mind lsis work and to make
himself Il good scholar Well. hI. he
lSnt sent 20 school for that-at any
rate not for that mainly. ! don't Ca Re.
straw fo- Greek particles. or the
dI-gmml. no more does his mother.
Whit Is hC sent tu school for? Well.
purtly because, Inc wanted 50 10 20.
If he'll only turn brave. helpful.
fruth-tCIliu- EU-IryEman. and n gen
teWIu. -uG Christian. that's all I
want 90 u~n 'IIS view OF the case ne
framed his last word to Ton. And
now. Tom. my boy. remember you are
-0'1r at Your own earnest request. to
Le chucHCd into this Eroa, school. like
Il Young bear with Iu your .rOIbleS
hef0r" yoU-olTlicr than We should
have sent yoU perhaps" CTom was
p If schools are what they were
in my time. you'll see a great many
cruel blackguard things done. and
hear a deal OF foul bad talk. But
never fear. You tell the truth. keep
a brave and kind heart. and never lis
ten TO, or say anything you wouldn't
have your mother and sister hear.
and you'll never feel ashamed to come
home. or we to see you
Toms father was a great asset
to the boy. For though ne belonged
10 what IS called the upper middle
class. the opinion which the squire
loved to PROFOUND above all others
was the belief that a man Is to be
valued wholly and solely for that
which he is in himself, for that
which stands up in the four flcshlv
walls OF him. apart from clothes,
rank. fortune. and all externaIs what
sOeyer. He held further that It
didn't matter a straw whether his
son associated with lords sons, or
nlowmcn's sons, provided they were
brave and honest. So Tom had n
m'rry and right democratic time
with the boys Of the village. aDd
learned much that stood Iiu in good
stead when ne got to Rugby, among
other things to value man or bow
wholly for what was in him. wheth-
er II was Harry Winhurn. the Quick
est and best boy in the parish, who
taught him the turns and holes
which later carried him through
his great fight with the bully OF
Rugby; or poor Jacob Doodle calf
tas the boys nicknamed hIm). in
whose hands everything came to
pieces and in whose head nothing
would stick. or Job Pudkin whose
scandalize1 mother demanded on
the occasion Of q visit from Madam
Brown. JOB. Job. where's thy cap:"
What! beant'e on ma head, moth
err? replied Job, slowly extricatipg
one hand from a pocket and feeling
for the article IN question: which
he found on his head nd left there.
to his mothers horror and Toms
great delight
Rugby was a new world for Tom
He was sturdy and combat3va ur-
chin. able to fend for himself on his
own heath: yet II was a great boon
for him thai he fell into the hands
OF boy OF his own age. but a bIt
ahead Of him at Rugby. The first
sight he encountered on his arrival
" as a lOrdly crowd of youngsters
who looked quite as If they ownsd
the place One OF these young he
roes ran out from the rest and ac-
costed Tom i say, you fellow. Is
your name Brown
Yes" said Tom. in considerable.
astonishment glad however. to have