MR.

BICKERS PREFERS THE DOOR TO THE WINDOW.
The history of the great events of Railsford's sports were so faithfully chronicled at the time by Arthur Herapath in a long letter to his sister Daisy, that it would be presumption on my part, with that valuable document lying before me, to attempt to narrate in my own words what has been so much more vivaciously described by my young friend.

Arthur was great at letter-writing, especially to his sister.

And there is small doubt that, with the aid of a slang dictionary and a little imagination on her own part, that sympathetic young person was usually able to catch the drift of her young brother's rollicking lucubrations.
"Dear Da.

Thanks awfully for the bob." A good many of Arthur's letters began with this curious observation.
Whether this particular "bob" had reference to Railsford's testimonial or not, the writer cannot speak positively.
"We had a ripping time at our sports, and licked all the records but three.