| Show jr gw CONDENSED I 1 CLASSICS dip d J X TOM BROWNS X SCHOOL DAYS T f do j by THOMAS HUSHES HUGHES X X A I 1 by X william fenwick harris 4 ale t wr win born oct 20 1822 at Uffing tou lo in IH H isla father ment hrut tom to to tie be under the charge of dr arnoldl arnold the doctor and the father had been seen fellow students tu nt at uriel col lexe lege oxford doth both school clious and master cianter we wre rande lundo world k a 0 VT n by the book atom T 0 m browns Bror rna ficho f c h 0 oll 0 1 D day a y r X 11 tom must lin v e been very tery much the ame one sort of achoo abool 1 bey lo 10 am the hero of the story but la in fact george him III brother brollier was wan the nal of tom as denn dean stanley wan the orf original gInal of arthur thomas flushes lIu Blira followed follo ired la in his hi thern at oriel he was trad inter railed to the lir bur and eventually was appointed a county court pidge judge allm lite life was wan one of true cervice to humanity frederick maurice was the great influence that int worked upon him blin and he was TO of the groppi n malonff on X with charles who devoted atheni selves to the caimi of the in college lie ile rat nut lit in parliament alo oleny a devoted demoted friend of his bin orlendo tr lendo the working meal he be tried him bin hand nt at on an colony called in Tenne Teo neree ameel he wan van a frequent visitor tu to america nud and was a great friend and 0 dantrer of james guirell lowell w those influx influence ce over oter him Is I 1 bhonn in the ho frequent in him bin books ills other included a to tova toi brown nt at oxford Ox nell glo intel and isla memoir of a brother trub eliut hut lie be be reme remembered ered nn the anne and krent henriter au author thor who vrho bull tood something of the soul of a n r and who bias bail written 1 the Is greatest book 1 la of the life 66 r ns as tom was swallowing wing life hla y lost mouthful three in v the morning winding ills his comforter round his throat and tucking the ends into the breast of tits his coat tho the horn sounds boots looks in and says tallyho tally ho sir and they hear bear the ring and the rattle of the four fast trotters trot tera and the town made drag as it dashes up to the peacock 1 I anything for us bob says the hurly guard dropping down from behind and slapping himself across the chest young genron rugby answers acosto a hostler tell young boling gent to look alive says tile the guard opening the hind boot tind and shooting the parcels in after examining anit ning them by the lamps here shove the portman teun up n top ill fasten him presently now there fir jump up tip behind goodby good by fattier father my love at home A last hake of th the a liand hand up goes rom the guard ent catching ehing tits hatbox hat box and holding on with one hand while with the other he claps the horn to his bouth toot too toot toot I 1 the hostlers hustlers host lers let RO 90 their heads licaus the four abny plunge nt lit the lie collar and away goes the tallyho into the darkness 45 seconds from the time they lind had pulled up lip so toni tom brown started to begin ili his school days nt at rugby when william IV slit sat upon the throne squire brown had meditated something as follows tho the night before shall I 1 tell him to mind hla his work and to make himself a good nc schaar hAar well but he sent to school for that at any rate not for that mainly I 1 dont care a straw for greek particles or the dl gamma no more does his mother what Is he sort sert to school for well partly because lie he wanted to go if hell only turn out a brave help helpful itil truth telling englishman and a gentleman and a christian all I 1 want 11 upon this view of the case lie framed ills last words to tom and now toni tom my boy remember you tire are going nt at your own earnest earliest request to be chucked into this great school like a young bear with all your troubles before you neller nr ller than we should have sent you perhaps er haps toni tom was nine it if schools ire what they were in my time see pee a great many cruel blackguard hanga done and hear a deal of foul bad talk rut but never fear you tell tho truth keep a brave and kind lacart and never listen or say anything you have your mother and sister hear and never feel ashamed to come home or we to see you tonis toms father was a great asset to the boy for though ho he belonged to what Is called the upper middle ones class the opinion which th esquIre loved to propound above all others was the belief that a man mania Is to be valued wholly for that which lie Is in himself for that hat which stands up lip in the four fleshly walls of him apart front from clothes rank fortune and nil externals whatsoever lie ile held further that it I 1 t matter a straw whether ills his son associated with lh lords sons or plow mens sons provided they were brave and honest so toni tom had find it merry find and right democratic time wibb the boys of tile the vi village linge and learned much that stood film in good stead when he got to it rugby among other things to value man or boy wholly for what was wag in him whether it was harry windburn tho the quck quickest est and best boy in tho the parish who taught him tho the turns and bolda which later carried carrad him through his grent great fight with the bully biilly of bugby or poor jacob doodle calf its as the hova nicknamed him in whose hands everything cattle to pieces anil and in whose fiend nothing would woold stick or jolt job rud kin kill liosi whose scandal scandalized zed mother demanded on the occasion of a visit from madam brown job job wheres thy encil bhatt benante on ron ma fiend mother replied job slowly ing ono one land hand front from a pocket and feeling tor for tiro the article in hi question which lie he found on ills hend fiend tin and left there to ills his others mothers horror tonis toms great dell glit was n new world for tom ile ho was a sturdy and urchin able to tend fond tor for himself on ills own heath heathcot it was waa a great croat boon for him that ho he fell into tho hands ot 04 it a loy boy of ills own age but it bit ahead of him tit nt rugby tile first blan he V encountered on oil lite ills arrival ans a lordly crowd of youngsters stora who looked quite na as if they owned the one of these young heroes ran out from the rest and accosted nc tom 1 I 1 say you follow fellow la Is your name yes said tom tit in considerable astonishment ment kind glad however to have lighted on somo some ono one already who seemed to know him film all ali I 1 thought so you know my aunt miss enst east she lives somewhere down your way in berkshire wrote to me that you yere were coining to day rind asked nie me to give you a lift you see sea said lite hla friend as they strolled up toward the school rates gates a groat great deal depends on how a fellow cuts up nt at first if hes hea got nothing odd about him film and answers straight forward forwar d and holds tits his head up tip he gets on you seo see im doing tile the handsome thing by you because my fath father knows yours besides I 1 want to please the old lady sho she gave me half a sov eov tills half and perhaps ll double it next t it if I 1 keep in tier her good books thus ahn s began a friendship which lasted through nil all their school days tin and meant much to both of them friendship 81 I 1 ip and loyalty and good sportsmanship tire arc great features lit in this book which shows an insight into the brain and heart of a hoy boy which Is 19 just as wise in the year of our lorti lord 1020 as it was in the days of Will william Intia IV toni tom and east were together in games in mischief in fights in good deeds or in deviltry na as L icy boy were in ingenious syndicating methods of working out the mysteries of the greek and languages and years later when the wise doctor arnold of rugby decided that tom was headed toward destruction it was ivas by means of friendship f for af ii weaker boy who needed tits his protection that ho he rescued him what was the marvel of the doctors over boys wo enter into halt half that we e heard we the knowledge of our own hearts or the knowledge of one another and little enough of the faith hope nna love needed to that end but we listened as all boys in their better moods will listen aye and men too for the matter of that to a man whom they felt to be with all its ills heart and soul and strength striving against whatever wh ahn alever was mean and unmanly and unrighteous in our little world it was not the cold clear voice of one giving advice and warning from serene heights to those who were struggling nna and sinning below but the warm living voice of one who was fighting for us and by our sides and calling us to help him and ourselves and ono one another and so BO wearily and little by little was brought home to the young boy for the first time the meaning of his life that it was no fools or sluggards slug gards paradise I 1 into which lie he had wandered by chance but a battle field ordained front from 0 of old where there lire are no spectators but the youngest roust must take lis ha side and the stakes tire are life and death and lie he who routed this consciousness in them showed allowed them at tile the same time by every word lic he spoke and by ills his whole laity dally life how that battle was to be fought and stood before them their fellow sold ie and the captain of their guard the true sort of captain too for a boys army one who had bad no misgivings and gave no uncertain word of commil command lid and let who would yield or make a truce would fight the fight out sc very avery boy felt to the last gasp and th last drop of blood and so eo tom lived his life from the first green days to the last memorable night when lie was chaired round the lite quadrangle by the eleven shouting in chorus for hes a jolly good follow himself as great a boy ns as all the rest d spite the passage of the years and hio dignity of cf captan captain it la Is a n story of humanness with all its good points rind and its frailties but especially of loyalty and of friendship of games so much like our own in spirit and yet so df different ferent ln in details of east and arthur of the brutalities of the old fagging ng system the school bully find toms classic fight with him of the final war of against what was waa mean and sordid 1111 11 1 11 I want to leave beligni bel ilni me said tom speaking low tile the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy or cr turned his back on a big one and then I 1 would r have the doctors good opinion of ina as I 1 really beally nm am than any mons mins in the world copyright 1919 by the post poat publishing co the boston pot post copyright in the united Xing kingdom dom the dominions its colonies and dependencies under the copyright net act hy by the rest poat publishing co cotton boston mass maas U IL B A all rights reserved |
