judgment, and followed one of the many bits
of good advice my father has given me from time to time," said Ernest.
"I neither ought nor will take any of the credit which belongs to you;
so pray, my dear fellow, do not talk of what I have done."

Ellis, however, argued the point; but Ernest took care that the way he
had behaved should be thoroughly known and well understood by all the
boys, as well as by the Doctor.

The fishing-party had a very pleasant walk home, and seldom had fuller
baskets of fish been brought to the school.

That evening, after prayers, the Doctor called up Ellis, and, placing
him on his right hand, said that he wished to compliment him, among all
his companions, for his bravery and coolness, which had enabled him to
have the inestimable gratification of saving the life of a
fellow-creature, a school-fellow, and a friend; "and," added the Doctor,
turning to Ernest, "I feel that you, Bracebridge, deserve not less
credit for the generous way in which you have acted in the matter."

Ernest did not obtain less credit, and Ellis found himself in a very
different position to what he had before held in the school.

CHAPTER EIGHT.

TRIALS OF EDWARD ELLIS--A GAME AT GOLF.

The summer holidays were over, and nearly all the boys had collected at
school. Most of them loved their homes; but really our school was so
pleasant a place, that very few regretted returning to it. Several new
boys came. One of them was called Andrew Barber. He was somewhat of a
noisy overbearing character, and showed from the first a strong
disposition to bully, and to quarrel with those who did not agree with
him. He had, however, a box full of valuables, and a couple of bats, a
set of wickets, and two first-rate footballs, and a set of
hockey-sticks, so that with a pretty large class he was rather popular.
Dawson very quickly made up to him, and Blackall condescended to allow
him to cultivate his acquaintance. I write about him from recollection.
Perhaps when he first came, the defects I recollect in his character
may not have been so apparent. Bracebridge came back quiet and
gentlemanly as ever. He had not been idle during the holidays. It is
extraordinary how much he had seen, and done, and learned. He had been
reading pretty hard both Greek and Latin, and Mathematics. He had made
a tour through the manufacturing districts, the commencement of a series
his father promised to take him, to show him the true sou