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hood who had captured his heart. 1 successful i breaking ofl the engagement

Then, as we walked across the ficlds to- aether, followed by Scamp, a remarkably hand!- some collie, through the meadow path past the fine football ficld, towards the swimming bath, we discussed a number of matters, which it 1s to be hoped will prove mteresting to the general reader, and particularly so to any Harrow boy—present or past-—who may peruse this little paper.

Most boys have two shillings a week pocket-money, and the Harrow confectioners’ shops—their name 1s legion —thrive on it 'T'he shops live on the School. Mr. Welldon deliberately declared that confectioners were amongst his worst enemies. Sometimes o Loy returns from his holidays with three or four sovereigns. It is gone in a fortnight. The sons of great bankers have been at Harrow, and, owing to the captivating con- fectioner, have not had suthcient moncey to pay their fare to LLondon. No credit 15 allowed. Ifashop 15 “put out of bounds” by thc Head Master, the shopkeeper has to

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your young rovian comes in for occasional pleasant presents from ill- advised people. A short time ago a Harrow boy showed a stranger round the town. A few

days afterwards the youngster received

a dozen of champagne.

Just as we were nearing the gate which leads from the mcadow to the road, where stands the cottage of Mr. Gibbs, the swimming master, Mr. Welldon again referred to the clannishness of the Harrow boys, and told me a remarkable story of their patriotic feeling towards their school; and the enthu- siasm with which they regarded everything that happened in connection with it.

“You asked me just now if ever a Harrow boy had Dbeen expelled. After Dr. Words- worth left only some sixty-eight boys remained —the school had gone down terribly, prin- cipally owing to a difference of opinion which existed between Wordsworth and Sir Robert Peel. This led, it is said, to the clder sons of Sir Robert alone being sent

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to Harrow, and the younger ones—includ- mg the present Speaker of the House of Commons —going to LEton. Dr. Heath was the last Itonian IHMead Master of Harrow previous to my appointment. The clder brother of the Duke of Wellington—the Marquis Wellesley, a boy of ten years of age— was at Harrow at the time, and he, with other hoys, strongly resented this action. In token of ther strong feclings on the matter they dragged the carriage of one of the covernors down to Roxceth Common, near here, and broke it to picees. One of the ringleaders was the Marquis Wellesley. He was brought up, rcbuked, and asked to apologize. Instead of doing so, he pulled out a picee of wood which he had brought from the broken carriage and cried, “Victory ! Victory !7 He was expelled. He was sent to Iiton. Strange to tell; he beecame the most devoted Fronian, was always desirous

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cf being buried there, and his wishes were fulfilled. But for that occurrence Harrow could perhaps have numberced amongst its old boys a Dukc of Wellington.”

We o talked very little about sermons, though Mr. Welldon is Chaplain to the

(Queen, and once of the finest preachers in the country. Mr. Welldon happily — re- marked that the last token of appreciation