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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIV, Issue 12, 25 March 1905, Page 22

An Eton anecdote .about Russell Day is told in the “Fortnightly.” He was "‘a quiet, insignifishnt-looking little man,” and of al] the Eton masters was ‘the epigrammatist without peer.” A big boy named Coles, reputed to be a bit of a “swagger,” went on sonic errand into Russell Day’s schoolroom, and stood magnificently by the door. Little day looked at him long and hard. "What is tliy namel” he said, drawlingly, at last. "Coles, sir,” said the confident youth in resonant tones. "‘Then, Coles, you may scuttle,” was the devastating reply, and Coles retired, in ruins.