El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-18
Condensed Nooel Series-One 4 Day
Tom Browns School Days
By THOMAS HUGHES.
condensation by Prof. William Fenvick Hanis)

last mouthful g o'clock in The
morning.. 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 they hear the ring
and the rattle OF the four fast trotters
and the town-made drag, as it dashes
up to the Peacock.
Anything for US. Bob?' says the
burly guard. dropping down from be-
hind, and Shaping himself across the
chest
Young Eenlm'n. Rugby answers q
hostler.
Tell young gent to look alive,
says the guard, opening the hind-booi
and shooting the parcels in after ex-
aiming them by the lamps Here,
shove the portmanteau up a-top-Tll
fasten him presently. Now there, sir.
jump up behind
'Good-by. father-my love at home.
a last shake Of the hand- Up goes
Tom, the guard catching his hat-box
and holding on with one hand, while
with the other he claps the horn to
his mouth loot, loot, tooti the host
lers let 80 their heads. the four bays
plunge at the collar, and away goes
the Tally-ho into the darkness, 70
seconds from the time they had pulled
up"
So Tom Brown started to begin his
school days at Rugby when William
the Fourth sat upon his throne. Squire
Brown had meditated something as
follows tie night before shall tell
him to mind his work and TO make
D. al kHm+ a
isn't sent to school for that-at any
rate not for that mainly. I don't care
a straw for Greek particles. or the
diEamma. no more does his mother
What is he sent TO school forz wen.
partly because he wanted to 60 II
he'll only turn out a brave, helpful,
truth-telling Englishman, and gen
tleman and a Christian, that's all L
want" Upon this view Of the case he
framed his last words to Tom And
now, Tom. my boy, remember you are
going ar your own earnest request
10 be chucked into this great schooL,
ike a young bear with all your
troubles before you-eariier than we
should have sent you perhaps (Lom
was nine). IF schools are what they
were in NY time. you'll see great
many cruel BLACKBOARD things done
and hear a deal OF foul bad tax But
never fear You tell the TRUTH keep
brave and kind heart, and never listen,
or say anything you wouldn't nave
your mother and sister hear ana
you'll never feel ashamed to come
home. or we to see you"
Toms father was great asset 70
the boy For though he belonged to
what is called the upper middle class,
the opinion which the squire loved TO
PROFOUND above all others was the pc
lief that a man is TO be valued wholly
and solely for that which he is IN MIN
self. for that which stands up IN the
four fleshly walls Of him. apart from
clothes. rank, fortune and all eX-
ternals whatsoever He held turtneI
that IL didn't matter a straw whether
his son associated with lords sons, OF
plowmen's sons. provided they were
brave and honest So Tom had 2 IneIIg
and right democratic time with the I
boys OF the village. and learned mucn
that stood him in good stead when ne
got to Rugby, among other things 10 3
value man or boy wholly Tor Wnat I
was IN him. whether II was harry ]
Winhuru. the quickest ana pest 2og
in the parish, who taught MIN the
turns and holds which later carried I
him through his great tlght with the
bully Of Rugby or poor Jacob Doodle I
calf las the boys nickuamed niInJs N (
whose hands everything came 70
pieces and in whose head nothing
would stick, or Job Rudkin whose
mother demanded, on the
occasion Of a visit from MADAM Z
Brown. Job, Job. where's thy cap
What beanie on ma head. moth !
err" replied JOB, slowly eNtrlcatlns /
one hand from his pocket and feeling
for the article in question, which ne
found on his head and left there, TO
his mothers horror and Toms great I
RUGBY was a new world for. Tom
He was a sturdy and comDause {
Hnr d ar1rn q n|r1n
own heath; yet il was great boon |
for him that he fell into the hands OF
a how of his own age. but a bit ahead ]
of him at Rugby The first sight ne !
encountered on his arrival was a lord 4
" crowd Of youngsters who looked Z
quite as If they owned the place One Z
Of these young heroes ran out from I
the rest and accOsted Tom say /
YOU fellow. is your name Brown
yes" said Tom. In considerable as Z
fonishment, glad. however, TO nave /
lighted on some one already VINO I
seemed to know him
"Ah 7 thought so. you know my OLD 4
aunt Miss East: she lives somewhere l
down your way in Berkshire she !
wrote TO me that YOU were coming to- I
day. and asked me to give you hit I
You see said his friend. as they /
stroIled up towards the school gates, /
"a great deal depends on now a TEL I
low cuts W at first If he's got moth I
ing odd about him, and answers
and holds his head .
no. he gets on You see I'm doing the 4
handsome thing by you. because my !
father knows yours: besides, I want to I
please the old lady. She gave me I
hslf-a-sor. this half, and perhaps'll |
double it next II ] keep in her good I
books"
Thus began a friendship which last /
ed through all their school days and
meant much 20 both OF them Friend