The Mud Larks

At that boarding school I met one Frederick Delane Hilroy, a chubby flame-coloured brat who had no claims to genius excepting as a litterateur. The occasion that established his reputation with the pen was a Natural History essay We were given five sheets of foolscap, two hours and our own choice of subject I chose the elephant, I remember, having once been kind to one through the medium of a bag of nuts. Frederick D. Milroy headed his effort The Fert in large capitals, and began, The fert is a noble aninial He got no further, the extreme nobility of the ferret having apparently Uinded him to its other characteristics. The other day, as I was wandering about on the line, dodging Boche crumps with more agility than grace, I met Milroy (F rederick Delane) once more. He was standing at the entrance of a cosy little funkhole, his boots and tunic undone, sniffing the morning nitro-glycerine.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at