Chapter I: Front Matter

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CAPTAINS OF HARLEY

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SCHOOL STORIES BY HYLTON CLEAVER

BROTHER O’ MINE:
A Story of Harley

THE HARLEY FIRST XI

ROSCOE MAKES GOOD

HUMPHREY MILFORD

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“WHEN HE HIT THE BOARDS HE LAY STILL.”

[_See p. 273._]

CAPTAINS OF HARLEY

A School Story

by

HYLTON CLEAVER

Author of “Brother o’ Mine,” etc.

With Illustrations by H. M. Brock

Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press London Edinburgh Glasgow Toronto Melbourne Capetown Bombay 1921

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE BOY IN THE CORNER 9

II. THE GREAT GAME 20

III. COMING EVENTS 31

IV. A SLIGHT MISTAKE 40

V. BREAKERS AHEAD 54

VI. A RISING STAR 62

VII. A CABINET MEETING 71

VIII. THE THUMB-SCREW 82

IX. A MOLE-HILL AND A MOUNTAIN 94

X. THE WATCHERS 101

XI. THE HOLD 110

XII. CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE ARISEN 127

XIII. SOMETHING UP HIS SLEEVE 135

XIV. THE FIRST ROUND 142

XV. THE SAFETY VALVE 152

XVI. YESTERDAY’S CAPTAIN 165

XVII. SALVE 182

XVIII. THE UNCOUNTED COST 188

XIX. THE CUP OF BITTERNESS 197

XX. THE LAST ROUND 218

XXI. SECRET SERVICE 230

XXII. HARD ROE 243

XXIII. THE DAY OF RECKONING 261

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“WHEN HE HIT THE BOARDS HE LAY STILL” (See page 273)
_Frontispiece in colour_

FACING PAGE

“HE BEGAN TO TROT UP THE FIELD LIKE A PUP WITH A SLIPPER” 28

“THE HEAD ADVANCED UPON THEM IN GROWING ANGER” 98

“‘THE MATCH IS SCRATCHED, SIR,’ SAID HE” 148

“‘I THINK YOU’VE SEEN THAT BEFORE?’” 208