The bully

 

Ernest St. Maur was a big, overgrown lout of seventeen and a bully. This being a story from a Boys’ story paper he eventually gets his comeuppance, but not until he terrorises the younger boys

In a trice, Dawkins was trussed face downwards over a heavy desk, tied securely by wrists and ankles

“Bags first go!” cried St. Maur, “Half-a-dozen each!”

The swanshot caught the tightened seat of Dawkin minor’s breeches with the intolerable pain of a hornet’s sting, and a sequel of agony rang out; a second and third followed, and the squeal rose to a wailing shriek.

This is from the Boys’ Herald, published on 10 February 1906. You can find more editions of the paper on the Comic Book Plus website.

Picture credit: Amalgamated Press.

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