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Billy Bunter’s Benefit By Frank Richards “Don’t be a fathead, Greene.” “You born idiot!” hissed Potter, “All the beaks and prefects are hunting for the mad ass who chucked down stink-bombs on the Masters’ Meeting, and stunk them all out of Common-Room! If you’re spotted, you’ll go up to the Old Man to be bunked.” “Oh!” gasped Coker. And he gazed dumbfounded at Potter and Greene— the horror in their faces reflected in his own! CHAPTER XLI RECEIVED WITH THANKS “ROLL in, Bunter!” “Oh!” said Billy Bunter. He was a little taken aback. He blinked at five smiling faces in No. 1 Study. Bunter arrived there, after tea, in a determined mood. He had had tea in hall—provisionally, as it were. But he was prepared for something much more extensive and substantial. Mr. Parker had to be paid, of course. Bunter admitted that. Indeed he was quite anxious for Mr. Parker to be paid and finished with. But a spread for Bunter came first. Billy Bunter’s fat mind was so concentrated on that spread that all other considerations appeared to him merely as trifles light as air. Bunter was going to have this out! He was going to insist upon his right to expend, according to his own judgment, the funds raised by his benefit. He was not going to take “no” for an answer. Bunter had come to No. 1 Study for his rights, and Bunter meant business. He was rather surprised when the Famous Five turned smiling faces on him, and bade him roll in. He rolled in. Apparently they had made up their minds to let Bunter have his rights, without more ado. Bunter was jolly well going to have them, anyhow. He was quite determined on that! “I say, you fellows, how much did the benefit raise?” he asked. “Six pounds nineteen shillings,” answered Harry Wharton. “Oh!” gasped Bunter, “Good!” “We had a whip-round to make it up to seven guineas,” added the captain of the Remove. “Oh! Fine!” gasped Bunter. He blinked round the study. Bob Cherry lifted the cash-box from the book-shelf, and placed it on the table. “There you are, old fat man!” he said, cheerily. “Yours!” said Johnny Bull. Page 158 of 161
Billy Bunter’s Benefit By Frank Richards “All yours!” said Frank Nugent. “All that is in the box belongs to your esteemed and honorific self, my absurd fat Bunter,” grinned Hurree Jamset Ram Singh. Billy Bunter stretched out a fat paw to the cash-box. This time his fat knuckles were not rapped. This time no one said him nay! The fat Owl beamed all over his fat face. “I say, you fellows, of course I’m going to pay Parker,” he said. “But as I’ve been disappointed about a postal order, I shall have to draw on this— only temporarily of course. I shall make it up for Parker when my postalorder comes. I don’t want to rub it in, as I’ve no doubt you mean well, but the fact is, I can manage my own affairs, and I don’t want you butting in. See?” “We see!” assented Bob. “The seefulness is terrific.” “That’s all right, old fat foozler,” said Harry Wharton, “Nobody’s going to butt in. You can do exactly what you like with what’s in that box.” “I mean to!” said Bunter, firmly. “Do!” said Bob. “Oh, do!” said Nugent. “Well, if that’s understood, all right,” said Bunter. And he opened the lid of the cash-box, and blinked into it, with a fat paw ready to grab up the sum of seven pounds seven shillings, and glorious visions of jam-tarts, plum cakes, toffee and butterscotch, and all sorts of gorgeous sticky things, floating before his mental vision. But the next moment a change, as the poet has expressed it, came o’er the spirit of his dream. He blinked into the box! He stared into it! He glared into it! But no amount of blinking, staring, or glaring could conjure up what he expected to find there. There was no cash in the cash-box. There was a sheet of paper. That was the only contents of the box, in lieu of cash. The paper had a printed heading: and it ran: PARKER’S CYCLE STORES Courtfield To One Speedster Bicycle supplied to W. G. Bunter, Esq., at Greyfriars School £7.7.O Received with thanks J. Parker Page 159 of 161
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