CHAPTER XIV.
A LESSON IN TACKLING One direct result of that affair in the tank was that Steve found himself something of a school celebrity because of his swimming prowess.
Within a few days he had good-naturedly agreed to give instruction to some half-dozen acquaintances and might have taken on a half-dozen more had he had the time for it.

But there was only an odd hour or two during the day for swimming and he soon found that, although he got a good deal of fun out of instructing the others, it was taking too much of his time.

It was Roy's suggestion--Roy being one of the most enthusiastic pupils--that those who wanted instruction should be on hand at a given hour each day.

The suggestion was adopted, and Edwards's Swimming Class soon became a recognised institution.

Five o'clock was the hour set, at which time the tank was not much used, and Steve, having returned from football practice, donned swimming trunks and repaired to the pool where he usually found from four to a dozen boys awaiting him, since, by attending to them all at once, he could look after a dozen as easily as a few.