Acton's Feud: A Public School Story

by Frederick Swainson

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CONTENTS

	Contents	Page
[I.]	THE FOUL	1
[II.]	THE PENALTY	8
[III.]	THE REGENERATION OF BIFFEN'S HOUSE	15
[IV.]	BIFFEN'S PROGRESS	22
[V.]	COTTON AND HIS JACKAL	27
[VI.]	THE LAST CAP	36
[VII.]	THANKS TO ACTON	49
[VIII.]	BIFFEN'S CONCERT	57
[IX.]	THE END OF TERM	65
[X.]	THE YOUNG BROTHER	75
[XI.]	TODD PAYS THE BILL	88
[XII.]	RAFFLES OF ROTHERHITHE	93
[XIII.]	"EASY IS THE DOWNWARD ROAD"	99
[XIV.]	IN THE STABLE	106
[XV.]	GRIM'S SUSPICIONS	112
[XVI.]	TODD "FINDS HIMSELF"	119
[XVII.]	RAFFLES' BILL	126
[XVIII.]	HODGSON'S QUIETUS	133
[XIX.]	HOW THEY "'ELPED THE PORE FELLER"	138
[XX.]	ACTON'S TRUMP CARD	146
[XXI.]	LONDON AND BACK	156
[XXII.]	THE PENFOLD TABLET FUND	161
[XXIII.]	BOURNE v. ACTON	170
[XXIV.]	A RENEWED FRIENDSHIP	179
[XXV.]	A LITTLE ROUGH JUSTICE	187
[XXVI.]	THE MADNESS OF W.E. GRIM	194
[XXVII.]	CONCERNING TODD AND COTTON	204
[XXVIII.]	ACTON'S LAST MOVE	209
[XXIX.]	WHY BIFFEN'S LOST	215
[XXX.]	THE END OF THE FEUD	225
ACTON'S CHRISTMAS
[I.]	SNOWED UP	237
[II.]	OVER THE FELLS	248

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ACTON DROPPED TO THE GROUND LIKE A BLUDGEONED DOG]	Frontispiece
[PHIL WALKED DOWN THE STEPS WITHOUT A FRIENDLY CHEER]	40
[ACTON JUST REACHED IT WITH HIS HEAD]	50
[AS THE TRAIN MOVED, GRIM SAID, "THREE CHEERS!"]	74
[ACTON THREW HIM INTO THE SNOW-HEAP]	78
[A LITTLE YELLOW, EAR-TORN DOG BUSTLED OUT OF SOME SHED]	94
["I'M GOING TO HAVE THE SEVEN TEN, OR SHOW YOU UP"]	128
[THE GREEN POWDER UNDERWENT SOME WEIRD EXPERIMENTS]	142
[HE PUSHED UP HIS WINDOW AND CRAWLED THROUGH]	160
["CUT, YOU MISERABLE PUPPY"]	172
[HE GAVE ME A LONG, STEADY LOOK OF HATRED]	204
[AS THE HORSES WHIRLED PAST, HE CLUTCHED MADLY AT THE LOOSE REINS]	226

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CHAPTER I

THE FOUL