CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
THE SHOP OPENS.
Robert--no one knew his surname--was a regular institution at Fellsgarth.

Pluralist and jack-of-all-trades as he was, he seemed unable to make much of a hand at anything he took up.

He was School porter, owner of the School shop, keeper of the club properties, and occasional School policeman; and he discharged none of his functions well.

The masters did not regard him with much confidence, the boys, for the most part, did not care for him, the other men about the place disliked him.

And yet, as part and parcel of Fellsgarth, every one put up with him.
As has already been hinted, his management of the School shop had been a conspicuous failure--both for himself and the young innocents who squandered their substance on his tarts.