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He threw himself heartily into the game, and crept rapidly up the ladder of improvement, until Biffen's whispered that their shining light stood a good chance of getting into the Eleven. "That is," said Biffen's crowd, "if Bourne will run straight and give a good man his flannels. But after the 'footer' fraud, what can one expect?" I heard of this, and straightway told Phil.
They are inseparable, play back together at "footer," and are variously called Gemini, Damon and Pythias, David and Jonathan, as the case may be. Biffen's are still cock-house at "footer;" Acton is going in again for the "heavy" this time without the Coon's help and those "niggers," Singh Ram and Runjit Mehtah, to Worcester's intense disgust, are the representatives of St.
"The other houses despise us on their account. We're the Dervish Camp to the rest." "As for the niggers, they shall do something for Biffen's too," said Acton, rather thoughtfully. "You mean in the sing-songs? Well, they'll spare the burnt cork certainly." "Well, that's an idea too," said Acton, laughing, "but not the one I had. That will keep."
Aspinall considered a full minute. "On the whole, I think I should at least, for one term; but I'd most certainly let him know why he was not to have his cap privately, of course. I should not like it to get about, and I do not fancy Acton will say much about it." That night Bourne and I crossed over to Biffen's, and waylaid Acton in his den.
Every house captain looked with dread upon the house of Corker, great alike at cricket and footer, and it was agreed that very probably Phil Bourne would once more lead his men on to victory. Biffen's house did not stand much chance, for there was no superlative Acton at cricket; but it was, indeed, mainly through his efforts that Biffen's was as good as it was.
Of course, we all know fisticuffs are not what they were; for every strenuous mill of to-day there used to be fifty in the old days, and the green turf which formerly was the scene of terrific combats between fellows of the Upper School now only quaked under the martial hoof of, say, Rogers, the prize fag of Biffen's, and Poulett, the champion egg poacher of Corker's, and other humble followers of the "fancy."
Bourne, as usual, was there, and no one felt more than he the air of distrust and constraint which hung over the meeting. When Acton was unanimously elected for back Phil stolidly wrote out the list of the team and had it pinned up on the notice-board. He had carefully drawn the line in red ink above the last name Acton's which showed that the pride of Biffen's was not in the eleven yet.
The rescuer had seated himself on one of the pots, and was about to lower on Biffen's side a ladder which had enabled him to ascend from the other. Biffen planted the lowest rung very carefully on the ridge of the roof, climbed as lightly as possible, got a footing between two pots; the ladder was then pulled over, and both men descended in safety.
'And the hero grocer! shouted Jasper, mirthfully. 'Oh, but it's quite decent; only rather depressing. The decently ignoble or, the ignobly decent? Which is Biffen's formula? I saw him a week ago, and he looked hungrier than ever. 'Ah, but poor Reardon! I passed him at King's Cross not long ago. He didn't see me walks with his eyes on the ground always and I hadn't the courage to stop him.
Grim had whipped up sixteen fags, each willing to do battle for the honour of his house. The rounds proceeded to the accompaniment of ear-splitting encouragement, and I had the satisfaction of knowing that not a solitary one of the defeated heroes thought he had really been beaten on points. No mistake about it, Biffen's had a fag who could sing.
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