Acton's Feud A Public School Story By: Frederick Swainson
First Page: [Illustration: ACTON DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE A BLUDGEONED DOG.] ACTON'S FEUD A PUBLIC SCHOOL STORY BY FREDERICK SWAINSON 1901 WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND 1901 AD MATREM CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE FOUL 1 II. THE PENALTY 8 III. THE REGENERATION OF BIFFEN'S HOUSE 15 IV. BIFFEN'S PROGRESS 22 V. COTTON AND HIS JACKAL 27 VI. THE LAST CAP 36 VII. THANKS TO ACTON 49 VIII. BIFFEN'S CONCERT 57 IX. THE END OF TERM 65 X. THE YOUNG BROTHER 75 XI. TODD PAYS THE BILL 88 XII. RAFFLES OF ROTHERHITHE 93 XIII. "EASY IS THE DOWNWARD ROAD" 99 XIV. IN THE STABLE 106 XV. GRIM'S SUSPICIONS 112 XVI. TODD "FINDS HIMSELF" 119 XVII. RAFFLES' BILL 126 XVIII. HODGSON'S QUIETUS 133 XIX. HOW THEY "'ELPED THE PORE FELLER" 138 XX. ACTON'S TRUMP CARD 146 XXI. LONDON AND BACK 156 XXII. THE PENFOLD TABLET FUND 161 XXIII. BOURNE v. ACTON 170 XXIV. A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP 179 XXV. A LITTLE ROUGH JUSTICE 187 XXVI. THE MADNESS OF W.E. GRIM 194 XXVII. CONCERNING TODD AND COTTON 204 XXVIII. ACTON'S LAST MOVE 209 XXIX. WHY BIFFEN'S LOST 215 XXX. THE END OF THE FEUD 225 ACTON'S CHRISTMAS I. SNOWED UP 237 II. OVER THE FELLS 248 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACTON DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE A BLUDGEONED DOG Frontispiece PHIL WALKED DOWN THE STEPS WITHOUT A FRIENDLY CHEER 40 ACTON JUST REACHED IT WITH HIS HEAD 50 AS THE TRAIN MOVED, GRIM SAID, "THREE CHEERS!" 74 ACTON THREW HIM INTO THE SNOW HEAP 78 A LITTLE YELLOW, EAR TORN DOG BUSTLED OUT OF SOME SHED 94 "I'M GOING TO HAVE THE SEVEN TEN, OR SHOW YOU UP" 128 THE GREEN POWDER UNDERWENT SOME WEIRD EXPERIMENTS 142 HE PUSHED UP HIS WINDOW AND CRAWLED THROUGH 160 "CUT, YOU MISERABLE PUPPY" 172 HE GAVE ME A LONG, STEADY LOOK OF HATRED 204 AS THE HORSES WHIRLED PAST, HE CLUTCHED MADLY AT THE LOOSE REINS 226 CHAPTER I THE FOUL Shannon, the old Blue, had brought down a rattling eleven two Internationals among them to give the school the first of its annual "Socker" matches. We have a particular code of football of our own, which the school has played time out of mind; but, ten years ago, the Association game was introduced, despite the murmuring of some of the masters, many of the parents all old Amorians and of Moore, the Head, who had yielded to varied pressures, but in his heart thought "Socker" vastly inferior to the old game. Association had flourished exceedingly; so much so that the Head made it a law that, on each Thursday in the Michaelmas term, the old game, and nothing but the old game, should be played, and woe betide any unauthorized "cutters" thereof. This was almost the only rule that Corker never swerved a hair's breadth from, and bitter were the regrets when Shannon had sent word to Bourne, our captain, that he could bring down a really clinking team to put our eleven through their paces, if the match were played on Thursday... Continue reading book >>

Acton's Feud A Public School Story By: Frederick Swainson

First Page:

[Illustration: ACTON DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE A BLUDGEONED DOG.]

ACTON'S FEUD

A PUBLIC SCHOOL STORY

BY FREDERICK SWAINSON

1901

WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND 1901

AD MATREM

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE FOUL 1

II. THE PENALTY 8

III. THE REGENERATION OF BIFFEN'S HOUSE 15

IV. BIFFEN'S PROGRESS 22

V. COTTON AND HIS JACKAL 27

VI. THE LAST CAP 36

VII. THANKS TO ACTON 49

VIII. BIFFEN'S CONCERT 57

IX. THE END OF TERM 65

X. THE YOUNG BROTHER 75

XI. TODD PAYS THE BILL 88

XII. RAFFLES OF ROTHERHITHE 93

XIII. "EASY IS THE DOWNWARD ROAD" 99

XIV. IN THE STABLE 106

XV. GRIM'S SUSPICIONS 112

XVI. TODD "FINDS HIMSELF" 119

XVII. RAFFLES' BILL 126

XVIII. HODGSON'S QUIETUS 133

XIX. HOW THEY "'ELPED THE PORE FELLER" 138

XX. ACTON'S TRUMP CARD 146

XXI. LONDON AND BACK 156

XXII. THE PENFOLD TABLET FUND 161

XXIII. BOURNE v. ACTON 170

XXIV. A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP 179

XXV. A LITTLE ROUGH JUSTICE 187

XXVI. THE MADNESS OF W.E. GRIM 194

XXVII. CONCERNING TODD AND COTTON 204

XXVIII. ACTON'S LAST MOVE 209

XXIX. WHY BIFFEN'S LOST 215

XXX. THE END OF THE FEUD 225

ACTON'S CHRISTMAS

I. SNOWED UP 237

II. OVER THE FELLS 248

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACTON DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE A BLUDGEONED DOG Frontispiece

PHIL WALKED DOWN THE STEPS WITHOUT A FRIENDLY CHEER 40

ACTON JUST REACHED IT WITH HIS HEAD 50

AS THE TRAIN MOVED, GRIM SAID, "THREE CHEERS!" 74

ACTON THREW HIM INTO THE SNOW HEAP 78

A LITTLE YELLOW, EAR TORN DOG BUSTLED OUT OF SOME SHED 94

"I'M GOING TO HAVE THE SEVEN TEN, OR SHOW YOU UP" 128

THE GREEN POWDER UNDERWENT SOME WEIRD EXPERIMENTS 142

HE PUSHED UP HIS WINDOW AND CRAWLED THROUGH 160

"CUT, YOU MISERABLE PUPPY" 172

HE GAVE ME A LONG, STEADY LOOK OF HATRED 204

AS THE HORSES WHIRLED PAST, HE CLUTCHED MADLY AT THE LOOSE REINS 226

CHAPTER I

THE FOUL

Shannon, the old Blue, had brought down a rattling eleven two Internationals among them to give the school the first of its annual "Socker" matches. We have a particular code of football of our own, which the school has played time out of mind; but, ten years ago, the Association game was introduced, despite the murmuring of some of the masters, many of the parents all old Amorians and of Moore, the Head, who had yielded to varied pressures, but in his heart thought "Socker" vastly inferior to the old game. Association had flourished exceedingly; so much so that the Head made it a law that, on each Thursday in the Michaelmas term, the old game, and nothing but the old game, should be played, and woe betide any unauthorized "cutters" thereof. This was almost the only rule that Corker never swerved a hair's breadth from, and bitter were the regrets when Shannon had sent word to Bourne, our captain, that he could bring down a really clinking team to put our eleven through their paces, if the match were played on Thursday... Continue reading book >>

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