Tilbury was safe for the cricket-ball in his class; and Arthur, if he took care, might beat Smith's record for the Shell half-mile.

Most of the other events were decidedly doubtful, and it was evident the week which remained would need to be used well, if the ambitious attempt of Railsford's house was to succeed.

By no means the least interested peruser of the list when presently it was posted up on the common room door Railsford himself.
For a week or two past he had been as nearly happy as he could be in the congenial work of training and encouraging the youthful athletes of his house.

He had felt drawn to them and they to him by quite a new bond of sympathy.

He spared himself in nothing for the common cause, and his enthusiasm was, as might be expected, contagious.
"There are one or two of these records we shall not beat," said the master to Ainger; "but the majority of them we should be able to manage." He spoke so hopefully that Ainger's spirits went up decidedly.