Show the second S 0 d a to lounge dejectedly in Us his chair gazing pensively at the mantelpiece had become one of bob bobs s dally daily mccu lations perhaps the white letters W EL FL E F L I LE IE L E S LEY L I E F Y standing out con on a pennant in the center add fascinated him perhaps the mere I 1 knowledge now ledge that she had given it to tim lim made fate seem less cruel be that as it may the wellesley pennant held the place of honor in the room the spot wherein the football players heart had hitherto stood A long row of pretty faces reaching across the wall told their own story of a brief reign and now where each la turn had stood hung an inanimate pennant tom was rudely recalled from dreamland by a knock at the door come in he shouted Inho bay and without looking around what s up doba inquired ned summers entering the room in foot ball attire why are you mooning around here the fellows are wait ing he glanced about the room for some explanation ot of bob bobs s evident mental disturbance hang football was the uncivil re sl bonse onse ned vented his feelings by a whis ie le of surprise after a minute he laid a hand on bob s shoulder what s the matter old chap he asked do you want those fellows to wipe us off the face of the earth on Saturday 9 one might think so from the way you ve played this fall I 1 d s biggest that you were in love but hello his eye fell on the pennant on the mantel where s her lier picture 9 who is it now nowa that s the question where is it she didn dian t give me one bobs bob s dejected air was so unusual as to cause ned to look curiously at him I 1 say bob Is your brain affected 9 he asked half seriously no I 1 tell you ned it its s my heart I 1 im in hard hit why don t you tell her hera why don t you ride to the moon in an autom evidently there were rough spots in bob bobs s temper come bob what s it t all about ned s expression was one of bewilder rent rient I 1 tell you she wont listen to me I 1 met her at green lake in august bhe she the summer there with her neither mother and on the afternoon of the right she was to leave I 1 tried to tell her all about it only to become en tangled in one of those sarcastic con which ended in a quarrel to cool off I 1 went out tor for a turn iq in tue the water intending to return and apologize for some things I 1 said when I 1 was vas nicely out in the middle the wind went down and left me I 1 billed two miles from shore my sails empty and no sign of an oar well asked ned leaning against the mantelpiece and becoming inter ested well it wasn gasn t well at all cor erected bob impatiently when I 1 r A gazing pensively at the mantelpiece florally reached the hotel several hours later she was gone but not without a parting hot chot at me in a note she said a lot ot of things about people los ing their tempers and all that rot and ot of how a real gentlemen would have apologized tor for what I 1 had said you see sho thought it was intentional my going out on the lake and remain ing until she was gone bob bobs s eyes sought the pennant again but why flon don t you write to her chell che 11 listen to reason ned was be ginning to show signs of sympathy I 1 did and I 1 m waiting yet for the alsher ai awer and the pennant how about that oh she gave that to me before it its s all I 1 have of hers do you realize that you haven t enlightened me as to who her Is she s lourene richmond in corning it was bob s own fault that he did 1 0 I 1 i A if it Is so easily won bob she said rot i ot detect the shaft of surprise that shot across his friend s face well it its s pretty tough old man but this wont win our game for us come we must practice A bump or two on the gridiron will shake all sen ciment out of you we must do those fellows saturday A few minutes later when they stepped into the street together ned ran on ahead and disappeared around the corner ostensibly to telephone to a friend but the telephone message was writ ten on a telegraph blank and read miss gladys irving corning new york arrange to come to game sat arday an bring lourene without fall ned expressions of mingled surprise and disappointment were plainly visible on many faces in the crowded stand ter bell the halfback had tumbled fumbled every ball in the first half he was not playing in his usual form when time was called ned sum mers rushed up to a small boy stand ing 1119 on the field all out of breath irom playing he gasped run to bob s room know where it isa all albright allright right bring the pen nant rant hanging an n the mantel bring it 1 lere ere as fast as you can scamper As the players took their positions for the second half bob bend ii g over with his head between hie his knees glanced casually at the grand stand through the space he saw a white lettered pennant floating in the breeze without thought of the game he stood erect just as the signal was to be given iven on n a pre pretense ense 0 of a adjusting us ng his s ro seguard he stood for a minute while the signal was held 31 called the quarter back as bob dob resumed his position the Thel fight for the pigskin was on bob played football as well in the second half as he had played badly in the first and all because he saw a face behind the flying pennant but you played so much better in the last half bob said lourene as she put a little hand in the two big ones in the deserted grandstand two other thoughtful young persons were walking in an opposite direction you saved the day no you did it replied bob look ing ridiculously happy and forgetting to release the hand he held you won the game but bior the sight of your face so ur unlocked looked for behind that pennant I 1 should have fumbled through the whole game A part of my anatomy was wanting and a long time afterward when he had taken off his football clothes and had regained some of his equanimity he said da do you suppose dear that ou could help me win the battle of I 1 te fe as you did the gann gain 3 today to day you can but will you youa it if it Is so easily won bob she said and they began on the second hall half of the game dorothy blackmore la in boston globe i WI aad |