Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck; Or, Working to Clear His Name

eers for

h! Rah!-

eers for

on the part of our hero's followers, while there was cor

plimented Tom's captain. "

st managed to get the bal

might have counted heavily against us. What was

ped. Anyhow our full-back had hi

hat player. "You didn't

ain sharply. "We don't want any qu

nd other admirers, as the team raced from the field,

chum, as they were in their room together

me and stiff tomorrow though. Somebo

one stage of the game," remarked Jack ruefully, as he rubbed his back ref

nd then the two boys fell to talking of th

e mean enough not to give y

l," replied our hero, who did n

lows. But he fooled himself. That fumble spoil

ded Tom, as there came

and Bert Wilson and

s it feel to be hero? Aren't your ears burning,

exa

burn?" asked George

eatened Bert. "I told you I'd bring you in on one condi

nted to know,"

directed Jack, with a laugh. "I'm no

me," said Tom to Bert. "Maybe yo

eshman captain and coach that night, which resulted in

ault-that fumbl

as well as I thought you would. Why, you didn't give Fairfield ha

an't play

good work I'll play you on the regular team again before

as a match in the middle of the week, and again Elmwood won handily, Jack Fitch distinguishing himself by a long ru

" threatened Sam to Nick. "He need

s crony. "Can't you pick a qua

see a chance, sail

hance came sooner than he expected,

, if scattered about a room, will irritate the eyes, nose and throat in a marked degree. Sam bought some of this p

to sneezing. I'll try and have him do it in Latin recitation, and Skeel won't

airfield c

Latin class, presided over by Professor Skeel, Sam slipped the sneezing powder into Tom's pocket, on top of his handkerchief. It was quickly done, a

ed on, had made a failure, for a very hard question, and one h

imly. A little later he pulled out his handkerchief, and, as might have been expected, the powder flew out, scatteri

the irritating powder. He realized at once that some one had done it for a t

imed angrily, "did yo

entional

do you

was there. Some one must have p

to believe that?" the prof

he trut

s! I don't b

he was not in the habit of bein

-er-a-ker-choo! On purpose-ker-choo! I have known it to be done before,

talk, for he sneezed quite often, as

he declared. "I am certain you put tha

d not

hat powder in Fairfield's p

guilty Sam d

choo! But I have no doubt others may have been implicated, and I will punish

air, sir," spo

o tell me that!"

which I deny, or some one else is. I assure you, sir, that no on

shed unless the guilty one confesses-and that incl

ssible to have the class remain longer in the powder-infested room, the st

ite out all that Latin, for something

orse. "Why don't you own up to i

dn't do it in

nes

cour

didn't do it, he di

, one and all expressed their belief in his innocence. That is, all but Sam, and he kept quiet

he fellow who used that po

or him, I guess," said Jack,

k Sam did it

e certain of your proof again

Tom. "I'll do a bit

enemy had made him and the others suffer, he could prove not