(Has the British Tommy in these parts really forgotten how to grouse?)

"I know about Latimer already; I saw Tommy at the flat this morning.

Somehow or other I couldn't picture Tommy with a woman in his life.

" We settled ourselves down, Tommy on one side and Joyce and I on the other, and a minute later the train steamed slowly out of the station.

To please Mrs. Newcome, his father whipped Tommy for upsetting his little brothers in the go-cart; but, upon being pressed to repeat the whipping for some other prank, Mr. Newcome refused, saying that the boy got flogging enough at school, with which opinion Master Tommy fully agreed.

Even Pym could only throw off its beneficent effects by a tremendous effort, and young men about to be married used to ask at the bookshops, not for the "Letters," but simply for "Sandys on Woman," acknowledging Tommy as the authority on the subject, like Mill on Jurisprudence, or Thomson and Tait on the Differential Calculus.

"I am making my great surrender there, and it would hamper me to have you and Tommy about.

"All clear!" sang out Tommy from the hall.

The sand was choking, the flies were an irritating pest, equipment became painfully heavy; but a big, brave heart carried Tommy through his training to a state of perfect condition for the heavy test.

He made no attempt to help but passed from one Tommy to the other, patting them on their backs, assuring them "that with a little good-will all would be well."

Much as I disliked the thought of dragging Tommy into my tangled affairs, the prospect of springing such a gorgeous surprise on him filled me with a mischievous delight.

I was just getting out the sculls, when a sudden shout from Tommy of "There he is!" made me look hurriedly round.

The prospect of interviewing Tommy without his recognizing me was only a degree less attractive than the thought of a similar experience with George.

said Tommy between his teeth.

She helped Tommy by her helplessness.

With careful handling he should get a week out of her gift, she explained complacently, besides two makes of broth; and she and the boy looked as if they would like dearly to sit opposite Tommy during those seven days and watch him gorging.

It whisked Tommy out of dangerous waters and laid him at her feet.

Bob retained his presence of mind and, opening the door with one hand and pushing Tommy before him with the other, managed to effect their exit.