Mr.Fernald shook hands with him afterwards and said several very nice things.

But all this is far beyond my story, and I am only telling of it because it led the following autumn to the installation of a swimming instructor at Brimfield and the addition of swimming to the list of "required studies" for the boys of the four lower forms.

The instructor came to the school twice a week and put in two very busy hours there.

So you see that fracas between Steve and Eric Sawyer that evening strangely enough resulted in important consequences and, since a knowledge of swimming is a most useful one, worked for good.
But there were other consequences of that fracas as well, and I must get back to those.

Larchville Academy followed Miter Hill on Brimfield's schedule and administered the first defeat of the season to the Maroon-and-Grey.