Left Guard Gilbert

honour in front. Mr. Brady, it appeared, had a poultry farm some distance on the other side of Brimfield. He seemed a trifle surprised

do or Arizona or New Mexico. Some said one place and some said another. Seeing that they couldn't decide, I settled the question myself. Came out here, bought ten acres of land-I've got nearly forty now-and lived in a tent one Summer while my house was building. Doctors said it wouldn't do, but I fooled them. Slept out of doors every night, worked like a slave fourteen hours a day and put on flesh right from the start. I'm not what you'd call fat now, I guess, but you ought to have seen me then! An old chap I had putting up my first chicken house told me he could work me in nicel

knowledged. "I was sort of tall and puny-looking and not very strong. Still, I did get into my school team in my senior year and played on my freshman team in college. The next year I had to give it up, though. I'd like to come over some day and see you fellows play. I've always been intending to. I haven't seen a real smashing footbal

situation as Mr. Brady had that evening, and who could make enough money in the p

school. There was a moment of silence and then Clint protested weakly. "Shucks," was the reply, "it won't take

t us out at the corner," said Tim. "We'd

rady laughed loudly. "Stay

after that now. If you'll let us out at the corner of the grounds we can sort of sneak aroun

some day to Cedar Ridge and stole off to the right through the darkness. A moment later the tiny red light of the automobile vanished from sight. Tim called a halt at the wall. "You'd

! It hasn't been

! If anyone sees us we'd better

nd a little breeze was blowing from the west, and his clothing was still far from dry. They crept past the back of the Cottage very cautiously, for there were lights upstairs and down, and breathed easier when the black bulk of the gymnasium loomed before them and they could crawl over the fence and drop back into school groun

nceremoniously yan

we'll stay close to the walls of the buildings. You wa

robably walk into a chair or a table a

Haste to yon enf

hen they raced across the space dividing Torrence from Main Hall and repeated the proceedings until, finally, they were under the windows of Number 6 Billings. Both were open at

room, Tom? If you don't want to risk it you can

d," offered Don. But Tom wa

ears than I think he has. Good-night, fellows. We h

Now you've gone and reminded

s bedroom is right there." He nodded toward the w

nsom was slightly open, not a creak or a shuffle reached them. "He's all right," whispered Tim.

hanks. Got a co

y and quickly they got out of their clothes and sought their couches. Ten min

eemed to conclude the adventure for all hands, and Don, for one, was extremely thankful that they had escaped detection and the punishment which would have certainly followed. But that Sunday afternoon, while on his way to Torrence to recover a book which Leroy Draper had borrowed in the Spring and neglected

night?" asked Harry wit

then that Lawton roomed in Number 20 Billings,

ll, I guess there was a party, wasn't th

t makes you

w, Don. It was sort of hot and I wasn'

uess you didn't see

hed itself with a growing grin. "Didn't,

eamed it," said Don gravely.

talk, Don. You needn

her drily. "Well, I'm going

Don. I

that the facts would eventually work around to one of the masters. Don wished that almost any fellow he knew save Walton had witnessed that entry by the window of Number 6. Later, when he return

Besides, if he did he would know mighty

d Horace or somebody'll hear it

conscience and you'll never know wh

missed the matter

d already had a full season of experience on the second. Merton was a graduate from his last year's hall team. The other two, Brace and Goodhugh, were novices and had everything to learn, and it was with them that Don laboured the harde

on went to Merton. Don, with Mr. Boutelle and a half-dozen of the more promising substitutes, followed their team about the field, Boots criticising and driving and Don breaking in with hurried instructions to the guards. The first team had no trouble in

a chance to use his own brains a little. I'm no greenhor

oots has told me to look out for them and try and correct them. I'd a lot rather be playing than doing this, Kirkwell, but while

me stuff I know as well as I k

re where the play's coming, Kirkwell. Stiff-arm your man and hold him off until you see what's doing. Then you can play him right or le

the good of sparring with your man when you've got to find where the p

n't believe me. Maybe you don't actually look two ways at once, Kirkwell, but you can

u do it," replied K

best guard around here. I'm

. But Merton, who had been a silent a

help us, Ned. Quit grous

s replaced by Don before the second period was more than a few minutes old, while Merton gave way to Goodhugh. Don's advent considerably strengthened the left of the second team's l

discard. Between parting with Brace and Goodhugh, Don, when consulted, chose to sacrifice the former. Possib

irst team, and Kirkwell thought it was unfair of him to drop back to the second and "try to do him out of his place." Feeling as he did, it isn't surprising that he took more and more unkindly to Don's teaching. It took all of Don's good nature at times to prevent an open break with Kirkwell. Once the latter accused Don of trying to "ball him up" so that he would play poorly and Don would get the position. The next day, though, he made an a

, "I hope Kirkwell will break

ted Tim. "Them's no C

to let me out of it. Boots said he was afraid Robey woul

g a corking good game. You can work all around any guard he's got except, maybe, Tom. Tom's r

ely," said Don. "I wouldn't be surprised if

arthly good on offence. Wait till we run up against Benton tomorrow. Those huskies

an Don, vaguely,

n the first later and is letting you stay with Boots just so you'll get fi

surprise. "I didn't know it

e. You start slow and you don't get up steam until the play's about over. If it wasn't that you're an indecently strong chap we'd get the jump on you every time. We do, as it is, only it doesn't do us much

his fall. I know well enough it was being all-fired slow that kept me off the first last fall, but I s

t. You'll find you can do it all right, now that you know about it. Why, I

ore likely," respo

ss, dearie, does

ny faster, Tim. If I could I'd be doing

try it. If you do I'll be willing t

gh. Then he sobered and added: "Funny game, though, me coaching Kirkwell

ct, Don, although, without boasting,

eing a perfect chump, i

Now cut out the artless prattle and let me find