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Updated: May 11, 2025
By this mischance it happened that the combatants were discovered by a silent male advance-guard of the home-returning congregation, who ran back his footsteps soundless on the grass to spread the splendid news. Sunday or week-day there was no more welcome break in the monotony of life in Beacon Hargate than that afforded by a fight.
The only drawback is that some of them pick up queer friends." Hargate did not reply. He did not seem interested. "Yes," went on Jimmy. "For instance, a pal of mine, an actor named Mifflin, introduced a man a year ago as a member's guest for a fortnight, and this man rooked the fellows of I don't know how much at billiards. The old game, you know.
"No," said Jimmy, "I'm not. I'm not a vigilance committee. I won't tell a soul." "Why, then " began Hargate, relieved. "Unless, of course," Jimmy went on, "you play billiards again while you're here." Hargate stared. "But, damn it, man, if I don't, what's the good ? Look here. What am I to do if they ask me to play?" "Give your wrist as an excuse." "My wrist?" "Yes.
For the success of the proposal he was about to make, he depended on this fact. "Who's this man Pitt?" asked Hargate. "Oh, pal of mine," said his lordship. "Why?" "I can't stand the fellow." "I think he's a good chap," said his lordship. "In fact," remembering Jimmy's Good Samaritanism, "I know he is. Why don't you like him?" "I don't know. I don't." "Oh?" said his lordship, indifferently.
But the lad who is not ashamed of what is no fault of his own, who frankly and manfully says, "I can't afford it," will not find that he is in any way looked down upon by those of his schoolfellows whose good opinion is in the smallest degree worth having. Certainly this was so in the case of Frank Hargate.
'I've seen worse weather than any they can brew in the neighbourhood of Beacon Hargate, he panted to himself, 'but it's one thing to have a good tight craft under your feet, and it's another to be bogged in the dark, over half a mile of rotten plough-land. All right, my lads, you haven't got Jack Jervase under yet. Here goes.
'Beacon Hargate, me, said Polson. 'I'd ha' guessed it, Sergeant. I'd ha' guessed it. I niver heerd your voice afore to-night, but there's a kind of a turn of the tongue in it now and then. The contingent fell to silence, and a wet clinging snow began, ruled in straight lines.
This was Lord Dreever's friend, Hargate. Lord Dreever made the introductions; but, even as they shook hands, Jimmy had an impression that he had seen the man before. Yet, where or in what circumstances he could not remember. Hargate appeared to have no recollection of him, so he did not mention the matter.
"Quite good enough, Jack, and we're much obliged to you; but I should advise you to drop the embellishments in future." "It ain't no use, Master Hargate, they will have 'bellishments, and if they will have 'em, Jack Perkins isn't the man to disappint 'em; and, Lord bless you, sir, the stiffer I pitches it in the more liberal they is with their tips. Thank ye kindly all round, gentlemen.
All the lads were plucky fellows and kept up a semblance of good spirits, but all in their hearts knew that their position was a desperate one. "Don't you think, Hargate," Ruthven shouted in his ear, "we had better run before it? It's as much as Handcock can do to keep her head straight." "Yes," Frank shouted back, "if it were not for the Goodwins. They lie right across ahead of us."
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