Jack at Eton
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Excerpt from Jack at Eton: Or the Adventures of Two College Chums "The First and Second Forms, and the Lower School, will return to Eton on the 14th of April. The Fourth Form and Removes and the Upper School on the 15th. The Sixth Form on the 16th." Such was the announcement in the newspapers, and as may be imagined, quite a number of boys assembled at the Great Western station in London on the fourteenth. The station in the afternoon was crowded by Etonians, who were anxious to catch the half-past three train from Paddington, and get down before dark to college. This is not to be wondered at, when it is considered that Eton contains nearly a thousand boys, has nearly 20 masters, including classical and mathematical masters, the boys living in different houses, dotted about the college precincts, and going at certain hours to the school buildings, which are in a central position on the Slough Road. Among the boys who were looking after their luggage on the platform was one who appeared to take a great interest in a canary bird in a gilded cage. He was tall, fair, and not bad-looking, about fourteen years of age, but too slim to be very strong. "Put that bird in the carriage with me, porter," said he, pointing to a first-class in which he had placed some books and papers. "Yes, sir. One moment, sir," replied the porter, who was busily engaged in waiting on another young gentleman. He was expecting a tip, for he knew that Eton boys are always generous in return for any little attention paid them. The boy turned his back for awhile, and a stout, thick-set, dark-complexioned young fellow stumbled up against the cage, upsetting it. "Halloa!!" cried the owner of the bird, who heard it fall, and instantly turned round; "what did you do that for?" "Because I couldn´t help it," was the reply. "I believe you did it on purpose." "You have a perfect right to your own opinion," said the other boy, who spoke with a strong foreign accent. He had not the look of an Englishman, but seemed to spring from a different race. Rings sparkled on his fingers, a diamond pin flashed in his scarf, he wore a heavy gold watch chain with two lockets, and was evidently well off. "Pick it up again," cried the boy with the bird. "I´ll see you hanged first, and then I won´t," was the reply. "Who are you?" "My name´s Timor. I´ve no reason to be ashamed of it. If you want me, I´m an Eton boy, and you´ll hear of me in the college." "My name´s Owen Tudor," exclaimed the other, who was red with rage. "I´m a Welshman, and in my country we don´t stand any nonsense." "I´m a Russian. My father´s attached to the embassy here," said Timor, "and if I had you in Russia, I´d have you knouted till you learnt how to keep a civil tongue in your head." "Well, I must say you look like the villain of old, Timon the Tartar," laughed Owen Tudor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a bl
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