The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-01-07

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his great fight with the bully Of Rugby
or poor Jacob Doodle-calf Gas the boya
nicknamed him), In whose hands
everything came to pieces and In whose
head nothing would stick, OF Job Rud
kin, whose scandal:zed mother demand
ed on the occasion of a visit from
Madam Brown: Job, Job, where's thy
CAPT"
"Whati Beanie on ma head
motherY replied Job. slowly extricat.
ing one hand from a pocket and feel.
ing for the article In question which
he found on his head and left there,
| to his mothers horror and Toms great
delight.
Rugby was a new world for Tom.
He was a sturdy, and combative urchin,
able to fend for himself on his own
heath; yet 1t was a great boon for
him that he fell into the hands Of q
boy Of his W age, but a bit ahead
Of him at Rugby. The first sight he
encountered on his arrival was a lord
ly crowd Of youngsters who looked
quite as If they owned the place. One
Of these young heroes ran out from
the rest and accosted Tom. II say, you
fellow, is your name Brown"
"Yes," said Tom, in considerable as
ton.shment, glad, however, to have
lighted on some one already who
seemed to know him.
"Ah, / thought so; you know my
aunt, Miss East; she lives somewhere
down your way in Berkshire. She
wrote to me that you were coming to-
day, and asked me to give you a lift.
You see," said his. friend, as they
strOlled up toward the school gates,
"a great deal depends on how a fellow
cuts up at first. If he's got nothing
odd about him, and answers straight
forward and holds his head up, he gets
On. You see I'm doing the handsome
thing by you, because my father knows
yours; besides, / want to please the
old lady. She gave me half q SOY
this half, and perhaps'n double it next
if I keep in her good books"
Thus began a friendship which last.
ed through all their school days and
meant much to both of them. Friend.
ship and loyalty and good sportsman
ship are great features in this book,
which shows an insight into the brain
and heart of a boy which is just as
wise In the year Of our Lord 1920 as
it was in the days. of William Nv.
Tom and East were together in
games, in mischief, In fights, in
good deeds, OF in deviltry, as they
were in ingenious syndicating meth
DDS Of working out the mysteries of
the Greek and Latin languages. And
years later, when the wise Doctor
Of Rugby decided that Tom
was headed toward destruction, 1t was
by means of friendship for a weaker
boy who needed his protection that he
him. What was the marvel of
the doctors power over boys? 1--WE
couldn't enter into half that we heard
hadn't the knowledge Of our OWE
hearts or the knowledge of one an
and little enough of the faith,
nope and love needed to that end. But
listened. as all boys in their bet
er moods will listen (aye, and men,
90, for the matter of that), to a
nan whom they felt to be, with all
his heart and soul and strength. striv-
ng against whatever was mean and
lnmanly and unrighteous in our little
1t was not the cold, clear
'oice Of n giving advice and warn
ng from serene heights to those who
we're struggling and SHINING below,
'ut the warm, living voice Of n who
vas fighting for US and by our sides,
nd calling US to help him and our
elves and one another. And SO,
and little by little, was brought
lome to the young boy. for the first
the meaning Of his life: that 1t
vas no fools or sluggard's paradise
ntG which he had wandered by chance,
ut q battle field. ordained from of
Id, where there are no spectators, but
he youngest must take his side, and
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Tho reused this consciousness in them
bowed them at the same time, by
very word he spoke, and by his whole
ally life, how that battle was to be
and stood before them their
and the captain of their
uard. The true sort of captain, too,
Or a boys army, one who had no mis-
wings and gave no uncertain word
f command, and, let who would yield
r make a truce, would fight the fight
ut ESQ every boy felt) to the last gasp
nd the last drop Of blood"
And so Tom lived his life from the
rst green days to the last memorable
light, when he was "chaired" round
ne quadrangle by the eleven, shout
lg in chorus: "For he's a jolly, good
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