Many a time did the observant butler come upon Baden-Powell in the House Music Room practising his tunes; but not by any means in a dull and unoriginal fashion.

It was the boy's habit to take off his boots and stockings, set a chair on a table, climb up to his perch, and from thence draw forth melody of sorts with his ten toes.

After this it is surely a wonder that Baden-Powell in joining the army did not insist upon doing Manual Exercise with his extremities.
There is a story about Master Ste which clearly shows, I think, the estimation in which he was held by the other boys.

Who but a general favourite could have played the following part?
On Shrove Tuesday at Charterhouse there was of old time a custom called the Lemon Peel Fight.

With every pancake the boys were given a lemon, or half a lemon, and these were never eaten, being jealously reserved for the great fight on the green outside after the pancakes had unmysteriously disappeared.