DISAPPOINTING DAYS. 105 



time, after such a run of bad luck, you are bound to have an innings. 

 Men who have the instincts of sportsmen and who deserve the name 

 have a marvellous power of rising superior to adverse circumstances, 

 and consequently get their reward, whilst the dead-hearted give it up 

 as a bad job. Come good or bad luck, let your heart be in the right 

 place. You will be able to extract from either much enjoyment and 

 some experience, and will be just as keen to take the luck that comes 

 the very next opportunity you get of testing it. 



