Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 60926-h.htm or 60926-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60926/60926-h/60926-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60926/60926-h.zip) Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). CAPTAINS OF HARLEY * * * * * SCHOOL STORIES BY HYLTON CLEAVER BROTHER O’ MINE: A Story of Harley THE HARLEY FIRST XI ROSCOE MAKES GOOD HUMPHREY MILFORD * * * * * [Illustration: “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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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