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Show 4 y u THE SxVLTIAKETRIBUNE, SUt)AY MORNING, OCTOBER V , , 3 31; 1920. Into -- the line. plunging" fullback.' dived A yard. Case took- - th ball again and the then on split Interference passed to Loomis, 'who squirmed two 1 Clearly tt line attack through tackier not going to succeed. oheu!-de- r. a hand felt slapA upon his struck Jogger though Hs shot to his It waa th coach. by electricity. out there. Jogger, and kick that goal Bo sure .and report to the referee. Her your chance to win a game. Th field wag a blur, th stands wrlOt and their tens thousands were vaaruo turf. unreal aa he rushed across th and Llttl Pet had thought up new act Very nearly,? aay Pinckney. Tno the referee. Then Alonso makes his little spiel! It Straight he made for nodded to spring, tn lobby waa a lively spot. a JotgaY standing poised There was a hum of chatter like a flock ain't muuh of a speech, and Alonso trips man hi shoulder. touched of flivvers startin' on low, with frequent and stumbles here and there, but he gets "In for wateon." be outbursts - of giggles and"1 snickers and away with it after a fashion and Is re"Bpeak to no on. s -as some little group let it- warded with as much applause as If hed. "Ail right be said. h., self go over a Joke or .maybe aa okl mad old William Jennlnga Demosthenee the signal one. And right In the midst of 11 this commotion in drifts tbe rest of our party from the card room, .where they'd been gams. You should have and he hopes they'll aU have a good Urn I to stagin' a bridge on the seen. the look, Promote tbe good Oggle's- - face,-- not-- to SPlhforde hTvUfully ro- mention Ptncknev'a expression. I 'i.Vi. "What what th deuce!" says Pinck; Havlng gotten that out of hi system, rilftedh'? SnSdd eT andexthat Noble Knight G ney. "I say; Bhorty, how long has this he announce Parker will now favor the aswmblei been going on?" Tke otartw Imitations. with one of hia "Oh.- about an hour," says I. Back u infh. demands Which Qua promptly proceed to do. Heabout? "But what's It mrtte and "Who are all these weird per- give an Imitation of tarry Lauder. Any- ateaht Oggie. teKdf sons?" way. he said that a what It w aa. Next t But "Huh!" says I. Can't you tell a No- Little Pete i called on to render a vocal and thi other ble Knights of Nineveh when you see selection, and Pete was right there with I wer In dangerous position. tfl Rootea in the I eligible men one? Well, thats what they are. And th joodt. fl'in atnuffht av4P mr t wmm Uh th low nots I h these are thoir noble ladies with 'em. An- Crde of iho Dee I but half a yard gam. netted ter nual conclave, you know. More coming cornin' straight from his boots. We had I e. The hotel Is going to be to let our rout turkey et cold thll I no rhM It we prUnded to tirten to lt. Tfco Kntht JLJ vT would full oT em for the next two day." bv to Oh. I aay! "How didn't rare aa they'd reached the ,c I Jukbt lh t bls protests Oggie. , I perfectly dreadful!" CrAr!U alow and I Again he stretched out hi arme and That seems to be Pinckney's verdict, '1 too, and Mrs. Blair and Sadi agree with Jerky. Neither Oggie nor Pinckney bad again the 'em. - First off they waa for yackin' up a chanco to .boot pffjanjr lin'd -i ; a v and hikin right out. but then they de- iiftnt reoartoe. ai mey m-- j too murh.com- - I rides It's too tele for a jump to another body hoard, for there w him J the Mnceton center, puUlng about was town and that thev'd best stick It out. peevish petition. Oggie plain l "May be rather amusing, after all." say "I've never mingled Pinckney. much with noble knights before." "Don't kid yourself. say 1. "You sln't going to do much minglin now. cut locwc After ono or tno fox trots and I couWn?. t klck. Thftt wouW bo h?w. ith only one jteps had been played fcliwiAaULni We're rank outsiders at this show." delight h ugod few dancin' they had speech with tha or I Bo we too. When our little ro sidewise that he, was all than on nothin from and then chertra leader, drifts down from a seveu o'clock lining . .. dinner the annual banquet was In full more modern than a two atep or an old- - I nip and eluows. Chauncej a swing. We are towed to a corner ta- fashioned wall was played. Andembow that lie l.d rollkied with a steel few ble at tbe far end of ths dinin' room and they did go to U! What warmed cut-u- up He glanced p nd got 'em to Icttln out th one of the bus boy is assigned to take pwtttllrt with sharp on li our orders, all the regular waitresses be- srjueaU was han they started up a Vtr- - j off. hurtling ato t groundtoughtM taunting burled Jogger glut reel wtlh about fifty couples in I clear even ing busy with the Noble Knight.-"Whaan was under as he an awful clatter! says Madge twp long double line. Ells. "Whe-e--- e Bl lr. whoop! sins out Little- I avalanchebad of, hungry Hnl g P the ball. Tale wa Seem to be w folksy bunth, don't Pete. "Down the middle now, and ev, to Yale take it out of her territory. Jogger clap'" they? ''aay I. "Oot a lot to aay to each ervbodv in the midst of all this hllsrlty our looked' shout guiltily. But .no on eeld ' other over the'r food, eh?" LittZc sutAs W J anything about his coming oul of tittle bunch was fairlv ewamped. "Positively disgusting! says Oggie. Lgam. Perhaps? But player was gal Our t dauce didn stand I bridge to high. at had then about But that grin out from the 'ptrrftv the twLdU. someone begun hammering with a fork quartet couldn't find a spot In the plactf II toping ' All right. Jogger, on a water glass and from a big flowerK enough to play cards in, so shout quirt SJtat tveiykxkf to Jogger wondered if hs decorated table In tha center of the room 10 p. m. they gave up and tie lied 6ff I hemadc a him e next rooms were watching tied. our as But T. rises the poddy form of Alonzo GUI's. ballroom aide tinea. H would wager she waa not. Hes no longer the meek party who foor and directly above the either. live ' ended, The i quarter lunched tn a dark corner. On hia wide that wasn't much of a success, Tale had gained cheat Is ptnned-Jewel aet gold badge as know when I finally dozed off about 3 scoreless. not but enough aistentlv than Princeton, big aa a saucer and around Ills shoulder p. m. the festivitieserf" was still on. Bo it waa kind a sore and dlsgrun- - II to produce scores. he's wearin' a tort of crimson silk scarf The last period began a a reproduction bfeak bunch thiFTiurrled tied with through Also his big, edged gilt fringe. had on before, nd urtiV some woman's checked coat and everyfast and piled Into the limousine next j of all that had face la beamin'. ly looked th part. If I'd been gueasln' hat at oil'll l aettlcd w ithout Itho stands body was gigglin' at him. "Noble Knights and lavdles, he be- mootin'. any Inside dope from Alonzo I football of Gus didn't have, the field all to himself, might have sized 'em up as delegates to gins In a thin, pipin' vol'e. "What a crude way of enjoying one's I which mark th conviction crowd that nothing la going to haPmm, or though. Half an hour later a tall, thlu a Cow and Hog Products convention, Oua the comedian. se'f!" fc rumbles Pinckney. which At rises up Yale guy with a face like a horse came on the something rural like that, Anyw-ay- , few "What ;Oh. I don't know," saya I. "Kind of when suddenly,kickbtaalngty th matter with Gillia?" be unerringly scene and balled .Joyous' by everyof 'em was noble to look at. They was roars out. depends, don't It, on whether you're do- - j score, aplace an of Inside midfield, few In as aleht body "Little Pete." Wearin mostly plain, ordinary folks; some painyaols He'a all right!" the crowd roara back- ing the cuttin' up yourself, or listenin' In. I a spot Ills hat over criie ear and a cigar In one fully plain, and others more ordinary et lilm. 1 bUunn em to much. If you nnd appalling, a perfectly Munnlng, dont b a rooters, comer of his mouth .seemed to be Peter's than usual. - "Who'a all right?" Instate Gua. Oggie lived In Jiy burgs you know what jI Princeton It wasnt such a killin' act. before had been grumbling over th proz- specialty. But thev didn't seem to mind that Not howia the mob. jou'd be?" savs a but it got howl of merriment out of the a hit By the time a hundred or so had of tie game. X.Ws: me What?" to over Dana and pects Pinckney. Pinckney s.ole out of the growln' multitude. collected and got to greetin' the ones "I say Bhorty, who your, fbiend?" "Rival of One and Uttle Pet." saya 1. 1 The brightness slowly haze in which yt eat Roc For the cars kept on arrivin and unth mo-mn ost. .met before, and th new member And "He a th Exalted Supreme Grand," .Exalted ?inltght? Ukely I'd be they'd loadin' more Nobis Knights. They hard bevond the bowl had been aw limning was being Introduced around, and Gus savs I. Don't he lookit? Supreme Grand." turned to ateel. Jogger was rot watchln setting, too. In the field. . His aun waa would from fiv mof minutes he to that field neverto play football carry through life ef , and the atlng victory won by Yale. 11a was soddenb , almost him though to It seemed could fsll asleep in his blanket. him. aroused A aharp ataccalo ronr (Continued from Preceding Page.) ter which Jogger ducked. Immediately want to b fresh, but I've been watching II avert, had not died away when one of ha curiously out upon the field, the boy flashed tn under the man's left tha practice, and Ive seen all the games. the backfleld eoache .who had , been Looking Yale terri- dusting toward watching th team working It way down I saw Loomis and son met. Both pairs were that cold lead and beat a tattoo upon Jared's body, You've got good back field." r f orwwd pa dpoa luxd caughta the field in preliminary away from under a btg right I'Thank for the Information," waa th gray that verges upon blue. Neither said ducking tgnl practice I fery. Ho WWl, flat. . turned to Haight. rejoinder. dry no'w'upon rtralned anything. feet. ctearT"oM. hi. Armlook The "You father out. Jogger. "Go out there with Kelly and Each afternoon Jogger went down to "But," pressed on Jogger, "you reed a the scene, saw a Tl Mowing like a walrus. ' "Next time drop strong. Jogger, and aee how your- - toe Is. his eyes cutupon tha garage and took a boxing Icavon was com ana dlv him saw across, tackier in 1m going lo land xpuv Be "I'll aay we do, son. Can )ou drop from Swipes. He said nothing to his fa- you e he j bring down the runner - to earth on Ta Jogger nodded, gloomily. It wit to re-ther and mother' about this, paying for warned.". without a smile or a .word, kick?" line.twenty-fiv- e 1 yard . same old a of Jogger, kicker the me, sir." leasdn the story pinch Try out of Jils allowance. But h flung sold nta would not have been Swipes had launched a left hand lead for the head Bprague hesitated and then, picking up garded ss fit for nothing else. With all IJ With a quick motion no Bwlpe word from the and then, suddenly turning and ducking, a ball, He needed he had submitted his plea to blanket. walked out to the twenty-fiv- e be not-- toW Salty- - Hitlrht all about It. yard solemnity to tie At lesst he bad a chant TVhen 'Jogger was 15 his father leaned sent his right Into tho man's stomach, a line, where, with an underhand motion the head coach before the Harvard game, I coach. I so painful tlal the father, thoroughhe spiraled the ha!) to jogger, standing a and the coach had run his eye up and the score. Aa he raced up and down th back in his chair at the breakfast table. blow 11s a fail. hia like forward saw pan rushed ly a irritated, opponent he yard or two beck of the thirty yard down the tall spare figure and smiled. - I side line "Salty," he said, "we ve got to think bull. . Jogger a detense under the flailing mark. The hall whistled through the We're taking no clisn:ea on you. Jog- saw an end run smeared about prep school. Phall Jogger go to to see. He was down. Tax a beautiful thlrg j "Jogger, out jou go. Third goal posts like a bullet. Bprague' fare ger. You're too valuable. my old place at LawTencevllle or do you attack but Jared in com-ducked and out, e.a I countering, there Loomis. was noncommittal he motioned Josger wts little out want him nearer home, at Culver?" After th game Haight was not to be denjed. A bard to a point fifteen yards to one side of penzation In tho fact that hi successful I The captain of th team earn up a Bally Haight shook her head emphathlglit hand wallop caught the boy on the center. Again the ball described a true drop kick In the last few minutes of ptoy I Jogger spoke to th refers. ically. defeat Into a t I "You can do it, can't you. Jogger From the had turned "I don't wa'nt him any place hut home. aide of the head, and aa Sally rushed course over the cross bsr. vv e need she saw him catapulting Into the forty yard line Jogger shot zeveti out of game. And approaching now there w to be th The man face waaborklng. Jared. He'a the only non have and forward w he tonnis hlch lo carried earth net, Yale. He glanced I those three points.' . .ten goals at all angles. same four years at collegb will be quite enough. procedure against "TnatU do." Bprague' voice was ge- toward th Princeton - aecllons; sonic- I Jogger, without a word of reply, stepped Besides, ha's doing splendidly at school with him. , Jogger!" nial now. "WFil see what you can do where amid that vast human medley j to one aide of the captain and took hi here. I most certainly shall want him lo The boy had from scrimmage "Konseaensa, mother." were enaeonced his mother and hi father I place. be under Prof. McAvoys Influence as ter." bounced to hia feet like a rubber bail. did so well that In Ih crurlai and hia aiater. And It was the- last game II "Third down." He heard the quarter Jogger long as possible." All right, father." bark' signal calling for a drop kick Prof, who?" Height stared at his wife. against th Y'ale freshmen the fol- be waa ever to play on an Intercollegiate But Jared Haight, who had observed gams th last game and he had- I mation, a real kick Una time, no eamou Why, Prof. McAvoy. , You needn't lowing Baturday he was sent in to kick blow hia with of effects the himE1I apprehension n or fallen In never Princewhen felt of the a goal the first period jov worry about his being thoroughly preflage. I bordering on panic, was taking voff his ton was stopped on the thirty yard line, aeif being downed by one. Jogger leaned down, hi , hand upon pared for college." Breakable!" The Tale eleven his knees. Bortvehow he wean t thinking his duty with Co. were gloves. and, having "Well, all right. performed "Fragile! Haight all mmd "bure Look-1 you're Jogger? right. In was waa neatness and with a about a kick at all.- - Through nin cam signal practice. dispatch, immediately the government and sweeping by fight having "Certainly I am. What tha matter?" withdrawn. Both teams made touchhad troubles Jared Haight, therefore, ing about he eaw Chauncey motvtlilng the II a aerie' of aharp Impreaaton Incl- all. Ha at of the detail nothing "Nothing, Jogger; downs In periods and then Y'ale words with a malevolent grin. streaming detail upon enough of hia own. football scored on following colored. Then he missed an I dents which had led ut to hia failure to f a drop kick, tying th score. One beautiful September morning at the hesitated, "if you want toso play aa Joggers 1 am I all far right In th final period, with a few pilnutea eaay try for goal from tho thirty yard I get away with tho prevtou drop kick. Haight Lake Forest home Sally and her at Princeton it' . Tho center had been pulled over, yea But, left to plav, a Tale man dropped a punt line. husband were seated on the veranda in concerned." 1 line. Princehe eaw th team walking Ao I the tackles too, had come through, eon-On his own twenty-fiv- e their tennis flannels waiting for the man yard Suddenly In house I field at of rear tho Osborn the and backs see- -' to set the net. ton played the ball so faultily tn her ef- the aid lines. The referee and Ih two verging, whiltAthe ends seca stretch Piencelon fine of a had to-waa is turf, Intended, forward pass forts to advance that when the time for captains and coache were standing I ing no Jogger fame out of the house. He was university field annually devoted a drop kick came and Jogger wag sent In gather in tnldficid. Jogger eelzed ' his J run up to block it w ith their uplifted attired in a bathing suit and wore sneak- ttiontheof candidate for me freshman team, the angle we almost prohibitive. I palms. But on th seat and into a ers. In his hands were a set of boxing blanket bench sank Aa Jogger, who had dressed in his room made It without a flaw. Somehow the I Th ball cam beck straight into hi among the substitute. gloves. of the freshman dormitories, came Jogger H He was vividness of the scene seemed to have de- - I hands Jogger gripped It cleanly'. His reputation was made "Dad, he satdr' Hia face waa htchlv in onethe bia field ha paused Irresolutely, th I turned up th lacing. Upon hia right and colored and there was sort of a catch In upon Princeton's pinch kicker. 11 was used n parted. Aa through a haze henerhands I anti were la blocked their unclenching men tlenching Yal saw In his the leit aide run to th aide lines, "In two week I leave for both tha Yale and Harvard games hia voice. vously. Before him wer boys garbed in sophomore year to perform his specialty; captain member of th varAltv arise, throw off I frenzied coura to reach - him. An alley Princeton. Can I go out lor tbe freshthe jtrseya and stocking of almost every having performed It lie was forthwith re- their, hlanket. and coalesce a Into i seemed, to have formed before Him. a men eleven? knot, wnich- tie- - bad ever turned to ttia 'liench. Tli cosche wer heads bent forward, arms about on an-- I clear, alraignt alley with the goal POt Bally caught her breath.- This was en preparatory .school of I issue that had been put off for several heard of this weedv youth at though other's shoulders beyond; a narrow alley banked on all IIow big, In aa careful Bo these were freshmen! feared he were made of glass, liable months. Jared Haight aat up straight, Then, aa tnough a new picture had II side by struggling figures they men be! must For the sooth, varsity saw the a to tha he thrown th bit upon Then Jogger went Insane. Tucking th screen, upon lo be broken slightest been glancing at the boy long, thin legs and chests of most of these boys wer Ilk arm and the broad bonv shoulders. teams lined up for th kickoff, tho referee II ball under hi arm, he dashedwasfora that Jostling. their real barrels; lega tapering beautifully no team had a chance to even Jos- standing In midfield with whistle poised. alley, he knew not whether It "How much do you weigh. Jogger? at the ankles reminded him of the under- tleBui "A hundred and thlrtv pounds, air. him. At Juat the psychological mo- Th next moment it shrilled insistently, II one or on imagined. He had a flashing of the grand piano at home, i'he ment he wag rushed Into th gam and and th game waa on. "Well, I'll be fair. When you weigh pinning glimpse of a face, distortedarmby wentflsreo 133 pounds of which he had been so proud out 154 )ou may play football. ..Jogger'a It earn to be a grueling atruggls Both grin. Chauncey! tnen, having dollvsred his kirk, was aa li felt weak dwindled f. 1 111 infinitesimally, I It was as though th And rivals out. wer hia both above the rushed elavens don't know that and average, prayed "But, father, straight hastily A were puny. Feverishly, as hough It for Juat on shot at him, Juat on. They evenly ' matched In offensive and de- - I Yale tackier had run Into a bayonet. Ho Ill ever weigh that" the words of fevlled And him and Joshed him W'hen he ran fenslv both had been I slewed to on aide, stinging with pain, "Ail right. Then go in for track or a ritual, he murmured ability. 8wlpea McAvpy: and kissed their hands coached up to the hilt In all th tactics and fell. The alley was closed now. Eut baseball or tennis. No football." the field, Upon a All In In tha tha 'It all mind, Kid. The boy's voice trembled. when, having don his bit. he that th modern game embodies There II there waa a patch to the lefL Like a .if you won't be beat ou can't be satirically In a way he became a were forward passes, tret by defense being furiously endowed, aa indeed Jogger I knew you'd say that. waa withdrawn. "Well, weight mind, . . beat.' f Intercollegiate Joke by tn time aclentlflcaily arranged, ao that only mU I waa, he sprang for Isn't evsrv thing. I suppose you think, sort to on field walked otit where he was In hi Junior year a rather bit- gains resulted, if any. and.sharp line at-- I lb HI feet were still pounding the turf, you're "so big that no- - one ia any theHeroach H was hia material I into arm. an on lalsled non assorting the lack as sharply met by cool, resourceful He felt th grip who goo-ter Joke of ateven, but end backs, khkers and th like. less a Joke. opposing . out of It: Overhead th goal post loomed. "Jogger!" Bally shook her head at the linemen diagnosticians He was a powerfully built man with a wrote to his mother, he Th first quarter found th team kt a I Jogger left hia feet in a dlv. He fell a "I boy, who. however, bore on. not disreHippos," wore h his shock red I of and hair, varsity "that my statu In football la about the perfect checkmate, and tn the second hand. H kicked beck with the left foot spectfully. but full of his subject. inside out He glanced at Jogasm aa that of a submarine In war a both eleven unllmhered a punting gams and felt hia cleats crunch Into a face. il "That no on la any good who hasn't sweater Interest. with obvious lack of up looking for a break of some sort. But I scrambled on. A white chelk mark got weight. I think, really, dad, that ger"tthere stealthy, skulking thing that sneaks asked. he irom?" you thrust th and puts big, brav battleships out of you're too big to get out of your- way. If gained waa about equal; certain- - II peared beneath hia eyes He in "Dean school sir? Indiana, comeon chanc a a waa ,no discrepancy of lm- - football forward, and then, as a pain too for these business without titer glove."you're not, put ly "Got your letter? "Whats that?' Ths big man looked at back, portanct sufficient to bring advantage to great to bear shot up hi left leg, b "Yes, sir; that Is. I was put In game hia son and then threw back his head, "Tbere'a that big bark. Chauncee ot either side. The half ended with the II closed ' hta ayes kick to kicks.' . drop he this with and Tate. has Lett , laughter. glared ball In midfield and with neither aid roaring "Good at that, eh? I Ths coach's vole at me like a year "All right, laugh, But If youre a sport Hon with th pip, and when having been anywhere near a score. In th depths of the Princeton cheering was out. raveling on comes I have th ball for the kick he the tennis court While th bands played and th rheer-- I section, a section containing thousand you'll reins out there "Pretty good, air." with me. Y'ou'd hate to be shown up, th line with a bull-llrush, Ing section eang, Jogger watched the I suddenly gone mad, gyrating, shouting through ou some out "All lima. right. I'll try wouldn't youf hta hands out hia flats, I mean Just varelty men go off the field to the dreaa- - I raucously, throwing away hate with suJared studied hia son for a moment, Tb coach turned away to apeak lo a dying for a crack at ms. And each time ing room while he, together with a num- - I prente Indifference to the high coet of candidal. II naver did try Jogger out. Blugger Dean, who protect my left aide, her of substitutes went out on tha field. I fail headgear lit th depth of the le then slowiv roe. he said, "give ms tha Ha forgot all about him. For a week he bumps him off to th turf, where h Ilea "Ail right, mood bad changed; he waa filled II sane welter. Belly Haight a fingers llght-wlt- h cam down to tha field and hung around, fairly frothing at th mouth. I'm praying aye a aplrtt which b did not 'reccg- - I ened upon her huaband arm, herover gloves a "Do you think, Jared, you're In condi- and than on day when a Hat of cuts from that next year he'll get pest Ten and ntze a cold, nervou tenseness which fixed on a knot of players benotng tn was I the squad th dressing Just see where be lands whan ha tries lo made him move like a delicately geared figure lying beneath th Y'ale goal post, poatsd tion? Y'ou oughtn't hurt youraelf. I the was me. man, at "Eh!!' Haight stared at hia wife. Then room Jogger's name led all th rest. II But he won't. took th hall and kicked "Jared! She machine. staring plaster Y ou "You've almply got to go he smiled. "And there r two protectors on niv quit kidding.. Come on, , II kept that fact out of hia letters to drop kick aa h never before had I hia mother, but Ilka all wle mothers ah kicking eld. Now, mother darling, you sufev from all distances Inside of mid-- I down to the field and find out what haa there, bantam." kicked, A saw ms get my the two farod each other, on a read between the lines. letter two yrars field. He heard applause, and realised II happened.' The players' bench la Juat at "You know, son, she wrote, "th men ago against Tal varsity and Harvard and you Ih rher war for him. For a few low us Hurry." great hulking man weighing 330 pound. ( who In Ih men er this succeed world feat tall, tha other a stripling ef II. Bally saw it again this year. And you'll see II minute he enjoyed It. Then he ncowled. I Her husband nodded, hurrying down so In who bellevs themeelvee to that tenseness I a were firmly how next. see could laughed, seeking mitigate It wns too much Ilk n ater actor. Cast- - I the aisle toward the lower tier of in happy you in them, too. In tha atmoapbara caused by her son's they make others heliav and dad. too. ld. hs walked to th aid II bowl, Ing the'bwll - ran at least YouYou kick. know that. volume Bally burning seriousness Aa th cheering grew-l"But, mother, do you realise that I bid lines end picked tip hia blanket. Inherit You to do and this David Itself. solto and Nassau leava th Old ability with you' a fair "History repeating "t hat the realtor. Jogger? asked I took her aye from the group beneath tn aha said. Clotlath. improved upon It. Tou know what you itary distinction, the unique diztlnctlon. the asais'ent coach, "you bad tli crowd I goal and glancd swiftly toward th I "Eh, so jou'va bean taking, boxing les- ran do and I know whether that old of having played on the varsity some all to yourself. ' acoreboard, where the sign Princeton g. sons." observed the man aa ha noted hia coach knows It br not. Your father with- twenty minute all told In the course of muttered aometh'ng and die-- 1 Yal Flushing, alt 3, bad appeared. Jogger son's businesslike ate nee. "Look out, drew hia objections to having you play three years without having felt th angry appeared within th fold of his blanket. I turned her aye to th field again. A I tliat he and had after last thara." He swung playfully at th bov, roughhous you caress ef a Johnny or an Ell or nivselt Almoat before he realised th gam was figure waa being born to th aid Th pext Instant Jared Height hag the summer when you had hint puffing. Bo having so much as touched ths hem or an resumed. For a brief period h aat watch- - I slight a figure w ith on teg dangling. Impression of a white strsek flashing In that waa th hardest part of your batenemy's sweatsr? O, I'm fragll arranted Ing the play with vacant aye. Then aud- - II Bhe saw her hueband'a big form scaling under hi arm and rising close to him. tle; I mean winning him over. Be If to break, I received a post card dsnlv his vision cleared. The Princeton th below. Tha next Instant something hit him un- you 'cen t win that roach. Doe h know from Now Haven to that effect the other bsckfteid were lined up In that new for- A sileuce aetUod upon th field. Bai'y der tha eye. It fait aa hard S a ban, youre the eon of Jogger llalght?" It unsigned, but It cam from mation on the week aid of an unhal- - I closed her eyos Possibly It was bocauso day; ball. Jogger dropped the tetter, flushing. wanned Chaunccy, I m aura And tha worst of It anced line. the team they ware preparing for th try tat goal, "HI!" JaraJ clinched to save another "I don't know whether he know It or la that both Yals and Harvard have hast- eagerly. YesJogger there was Channlng, t ho i Bally did not know. And she dare not blow, and tha thing hia arms Inclosed felt not Anyway, I'U never tell him. I'll en us th two last years, because of poor end. Juat where he ahould be. Thus ah aat, ah knew pot how look. Ilk an act wtlh a te And. You stand on my own feet if 1 can stand at tackling backbone. at critical momenta An Instant later Channlng waa coming I long. Rh felt a hand upon her shoulder little-- " U." I I But Jogger had wriggled loose, I vou can know lackl debehind Gee, from while mother, a th Yal around great rheer rose, It was th week before th delivering a sharp Jah under hia falher'a gam oan tackla! fenae Was being druvn to th other aide. I "Jared!" tyh sprang to hsr feet, "What He put on I In Baltv riba aa ha want. Jared grunted. wrote asalnat Ih Yale frwelimen. "Tea" reply. "I know Thera was a flaalttng of teg a long- was It? his uniform, which h had not worn (or you can tackle." That waa al! s'ia said. drawn-ou- t Bally waa laughing, roar from th stands rising I "O, nothing terrible a dislocated knee I "That ate, Jared. I'm afraid It a go- nearly two months, and went to th field. Pally's unsaid things wars very frequently and reverberating with and a badly sprained ankle. Why. Bslly! Th coach, an old felt hat pulled down more effective than reams of things writA ing lo be black and bit-.toueltdown? No. Ysl force. The you're pale" Buddeuly Jared Han H hushia over waa "Naver mlnd-ttli woman. her with tackother eves, had downed growled fussing hia ten man on th I throw hack hia head and taughet. "VN ,l,' by ei," of the art of ling dummy. quarterback band. HI old knowledge llna. for a Bpartan mother yoq certainly yard thirty " Jogger cleared hta fisticuffs waa coming heck to him. lie "Mr. B pragu Th cheer of aomo 15.004 Princeton Llk veritable tigers th men of Prlnc- - I give held up her hand. Interrupting h' ' a small seamen! Indeed In that tot) rushed Imp the lineup. If hll th I "Jared, dear, dont be a aeon deftly blocked Joggar'a right btnl fain' throat. "You don't remeinhey ; v "No. I don't." for the head with a shift of a left hand mmenas crowd of oaarly lO.OPO syacla- like a ntan pnsaeased. rushed tncrelv afraid that ' JuJger I alab at the Jaw gnd then swung a coun don't tor which filled th Yal bowl at New among them shaking lyia fist.. Case, theldroppeJ th bail." 'W!I, air, iny name la Haight. b't ft t s telling you about the motor tour, we took 'with up through the alate and- marble quqrry oectlon s of New England aad how we die covered Lulu FHley when we stopped at bimpMnavUia fob, on pt Mrs. Fosters thicken' dlpnertA Well, there was one othor chapter to ihaj trip that might be worth while aketchln out, ' Anyway, it ktnL of In terepled,,.,.!. .might,, aas . , tt gave-- ; me a , new slant on the well- known human twee. First off, we'd planned on only a lunch. ' eon stop at this Pine Tree lodge. Don't they think up some fancy names for them summer hotels, though? Only none of 'em Is hotels any more. Mo. .That'S old stuff. They're either inns or . lodges os manors. I expect It looks bet ter oit the .letter' heads and gives 'em their only excuse for soaking you transient rates' that would mako a Flutorla . . room clerk blush, 1 must admit, though,, that this Pint Kind Tree lodgs. Joint wasu t of a cute .hundred-rooestablishment facin'' a Uttle lake snuggled in between ie a whale of the hilla. - And out a big pine tree,, a reg'iar old waves 0 Its branches that feet or more above the third, story dormers. - Had quite a cheerful lobby, too, with a big fireplace at one .end and a sizable ballroom openin' off .one side. Also the eats ware fairly good and the jt orchestra was as lively and noisy as any collection of banjo thumpers and saxophone blow-- ., era youd find along Broadway. That wasnt why we stretched it inio an overnight Stop, though. JJo. partly it was the steady drizzle that aet in while w we was havin' our lunch, and partly It was tneetin up with the Ogfle Blairs. .Too know it was along toward the end; . of theeason, just after labor day, wpen Bq, these places thin out ' so sudden. just as, our party of four assembles tb advance on the head waiter, and . we're dinin' ""'glancin' around the almost-empt.room, Pinckney, registers Joy. "Ob, I aay, Shorty!" sai a he. - See who we have with us, The Oggie Blairs! A bit of luck, what? "Some might call it that," says I, Personally. I shouldn't get thrilled over But then, nei'meetin' Oggie anywhere. ther would he over meetin' me. Bo its stand-ofwe f. a Chiefly .split Over the1 under-way we talk the language. he thinks I use some kind of a stand, ' dialect that he Calls "Pure Manhattan's, and a stand In joke of his la to ask Pinckney to translate some of my re-- r marks. .Now Ml tell you how Oggie talks It: He uses a Ham. Mabie imita tion of a Copley sad are imitation of Lord Dunsany givin a lecture and cnewln a marshmallow at the same time. He lawst tells about .'having bean thca-u- h season, y'know" and tilings like that. Then theres Oggle's method of sizin up folks. Ths ones who count dither have lots qf money and read the Atlantic Monthly, or else they read the, Atlantic and haven't much. 4s for the others; they're only useful in swellin' the census reports Oh, may be, they're needed to work in factories and run trains, and clerk in stores and so on. But of course they're socially impossible. Oggie la always insistin' on that point. And yet in hia way, 1 expect, Oggie ' Blair is mors or less entertainin'. ID has a line of rhat that's kind of bright and snappy, specially when he's among parties that It'll . pav to be nice to. For the Blairs ain't such plutea themselves. They're the kind who've bad It left to 'em and have run It, but are liable to have more some day if the will reads Meanwhile they're scrubbin' along ' right the best they can with only two maids closed a and coupe that Oggie picked up at a bargain two seasons back. Bo maybe you oan guess that Oggis Is aa glad to see Pinckney as Pinckney - lust it to toe1 him, and then some. Oh, aay, old chap, but this is perhe exclaims, fectly rlppin', y'know! jumpin' up haaty. "Madgewe and I were should do. whatever just wondering stranded hers In this beastlv little hole. But now Bay, cafi't we Join forces? What about a big table for all of ua? 1 aay, my man!" and he snaps his fingers at the head waiter. Well, you know how It la Inside of ten minutes wers a merry little group, with Oggie the life of the party, as usual. thev He'a teilln' what a weird week-en- d have Just been having up at somebody's place In the mountains. "Nice enough people," he explains. "Oh. really! The sort on gets friendly with on board ship. And they'd entertained us quite decently at their home In But why they should inWashington. sist oh asking us up to this Camp place, I cawn't for the life of me understand. Utterly crude, yknow no shower in the bawth room, no golf, no billiards. But the most bitter blow of all was having to assemble at 8:30 for a A lot of Fawncy! company breakfast. fried things, when all 1 ever take la tea And it's so and toast and marmalade. ghastly, getting up at that hour of the and gridAnd sausages facing morning. dle cakes, too! But we did it; eh. Madge?" says "Must have been harrowing," Pinckney. "Now you know how the early noHow Christian martyrs felt, Oggie. ble of you not to perish on the break- - fast table; perhaps wlth your fork spearing a sausage and a second helping of pancakes clutched in your other hand. "I aays Oggie. i "Now stop spoofing!" know what you would have done sent your little wifle down after rolls and cof-ill fee and made her tell them yeu'd been at night. Er, Jerry?" Oh, yea. when them two get to klddtn each other they're glmoet rough- - about It. I expect they pulled some good comedy lines, too. I'll admit that tho bulk of It got past me. but the ladles giggled more or less, and Oggie fairly roared at some of his oan. labs, and altogether suppose our table Vea more or leas nolay. Might have seemed po on account of the other guests being so quiet. Couldn't have been moron a couple of dozen beh sides our party, most of 'em kind of strictly to couplea who menu. the Job of wgdln' through the We got to lookin' around and framin' up and remarkin' what odd types pair that had they were. 'Specially one been shoved over Into a dark corner at Course, a little table against the wall. there was plenty of places on the take-aid- e where it waa bright and cheerful, but It's plain tha head waller had shunted these Iwe over on purpose, figurin' that he wouldn't get a tip out of 'em anyway. la a The female half of kind of dumpy ota girl aho'eo dressed while tho man dowdy and t. d gant with is a haavy-ashia hair cut round in tha back and Jutty I couldn't are hia face ' black eyebrows very well ae ha keeps it near hie plate. He'a Juat eating and not Bayin' a word. "Boctable couple, eh?" comments Oggie. -Wholly occupied with the process of mastication." . "Poor old things!" saya Mrs. Oggie. td eating in unused "Probably they're Now, I'll wager if he could take public. off his coat and tuck hia napkin under hie chin he'd feel much more at home. "Suppose you suggest to him," ssys Pinckney, "that we are perfectly willing to waive tha conventions." . "Where do they come from, such "Where and why? aeke Oggie. Burely, they can't bo enjoying them-- i selves, can they?" "Ask Khorty." says Plncknev. J. "J la says that are," they "My guess can almost tell where they come from, hair In tha with sera tufta too. Them 'em look sort of familiar. If 1 could only There, he's get a batter look at Ms faceeure! That's turnin' hie heed. Why, Alonzo T. CJIlls-- president of the Nut and Holt Works, from my own home town. Ain't Iti Badle?" McCabe hacks ma up. "I'm almost sure It Is," eas. sue. et Oh!" aaye Oggie. "Nelghhora votirs? , I trust we haven't said anything 1 MAT.BE haw-haw- , Ju nr-,- 'thebYVo.te he-pt- vi i ! 1 old-is- waa-tendi- n - SS- jsi i'jts.rss jMKyrsjg ns- bug-eye- ot one-ste- p, e le a I suggest, Alonzo "Exalted nodas Supreme Grand," says he. I Gosh!" gaspa All that? Why, you muat be the big nolae." "I suppose I am," says ha. "Tou sea. I went Into the order when it waa first organised, about fifteen years ago. and Lwas Ive been work In' up elected Exalted 6upreme Grand a year ago last fall and nave another twelve month to oerve." "Well.' weHI" says I, starin' t him. "But what do you do at these affairs?" "We start with our annual banquet tonight," oayo he. "There'll be speeches and musla and so on. Then there'll be the annual ball, and tomorrow ws'll have our baseball game and other sports. Always manage to have a good tlm somehow or other. Tou know?" I didn't then, but I do now. First off I was goln to give Pinckney and the others a hunch of what waa on the cards, but on second thought I decided not. Might be more interestin' to keep tt to myself and And for a while I see what happened. was kind of disappointed. The first tew cars that rolled in out of the rain unloadsort of ed a lot of damp, bedraggled, eountryfled appearin' folk who filtered In with their suitcases and rain coats and stood around th log fir chattln' quiet. But as more of 'em came along, and old friends begun meetin', tney got to greetin' each other free and noisy. "For land sakes. If there ain't Gua Preble!" squeals on . black-evs- d dams who seems to b dressed a lllils fancier than th other women. "Oh, you Ougl sings out another lady, kittenish. And shortly after that I was abl to nick out Oua myself. He's a poddy, colored pary with a round Inhigh I lit eye. far and a cut-u- p twinkle kntw then that w should hear mors or less from Oua. And we did. II waa a comedian along hi own line, Gva ws. Inside of five minute he'd decorates nave Bed's wo i'l'on'1 rrv," "They're himself with on of th ladies' hata and rather distant neighbors four or flva waa paradin' around th lobby draped In ever-sinc- short-legga- per-aone- ?" And-Mr- a -- bald-head- -- rs?., -- six-so- miles, I think. In fact. Ive never Been Mrs. Glllls before. Where la It Ive seen him. Shorty?" "At political rallies, most likely," way a I. "Ha's one of the kind they fry the fat out of durtn' campaigns 80 they line him up with the others at the. back of tho stage when the big candidates come out to apeak. Or may be you've scan him down at the First National, where he'a a' director." That's it, a't the bank'eaavs Badle. "I thought fd never noticed him at the ' Yacht club. "No." aays 1, ' expect Alonso etnt very clubby." "I am truly relieved," saya Oggie. "Now perhaps I may add that your Mr. Olllis seems to have, a meek and lowly ha wishes a second piale spirit. Evidently of Ice cream,- - but hardly dares mention the subject to the haughty waitress. Yes, he'a going to risk tt. He's holding up a But she declines to see it. forefinger. Too bad! Hes given up and is folding his napkin very neatly. Ah ha! And he's- - pocketing the half dollar he meant to tuck under the edge of the plate. There are limits to hia meekness. It appears. Bravo. Alonzo!" Tes, I expect we got off a lot of clever stuff about the various people we saw. Anyway, we had a lively luncheon and moat of the other guests were stretchln' their necks our way tryln to discover whaf we found so funny-- . And then afterwards. when little Mrs Blair Joins Oggie and Pinckney by smokin' a cigaret In the lobby, some of the old ladles went d at the sight. Next Pinckney la moved to dance, so he slips a five-spto the orchestra leader and gets him to switch from the afternoon concert stuff to a Jazzy and him and Madge Blair springs their htew until most of the old girls shiver shimmy who was peekin In got gaspy. Also Ogin by substitutin' at the gie has to horn traps and introducln a few stunla seldom seen on any stage. Bo, take it by and large, we wage quite a frisky lot. I saw the house manager givin us the once over, hut be only smiles good natured. Most likely he'd looked up Pinckney's name on the register and was more or less tickled to have e real smart setter tike that drop in on hlm, no matter what antics he putled. For a while there we owned-thplace, as you might say, 'Specially after we- decided to stay all night and engaged some of the beat suites. Somehow, though, when I ran across the GUilsea, sluin quiet Jn a corner and watchln' the proceedinailk a couple of knot-hopatrons at a ball game, I felt kind of sorry for em. I'd only had a sort of noddln' acquaintance with Alonso at home, but It seemed to me that here my chance cue to come forward with the friendly hail. Be I does. Well, Mr. Glllls, says I, strollin up casual, "off on a little tour, eh? He admits that he is and introduces Mrs. Gillls. "Going on up Into the mountains tomorrow, are you?" I asks. "We we're staying "No," says he. here for a couple of days. I. savs Dont you are?" "Oh, you find it sort of lonesome, knockin' around this way. by yourselves?" Mother and me "A little.'; says he. don't get away from home much and we ain't used to these swell hotelw But it'll be different when the bunch gets here, 1 expect. ' "Eh? aays I. "What bunch?" "The K lights," says he. "I don't get you yet," eav I. "Why. the Noble Knights of Ninoven." aay he. "We're hailin' our annual conclave here, you know, startin' tbnight Lookin' for about a hundred and fifty of em to show up. They. ought tb be rollin' hr snort, ' some of 'em. "Ton dont aav? Noble saya I. Knights of Nineveh, eh? What kind of an order Is that?" ''Benevolent, fraternal and protective," says Alonso, aa if h quotin' from a prospectus. "The Insurance feature don't amount to much, but were strong on the fraternal part. Got a lot of our. castles established wp through this section, mainly In the small towns. And once a year we get together at some place like this and have a good time. Get special rates, you know, by coming at the end of the 1 season." I. I see," saya "And you're a little ahead of the others." "Tea, aay Alonzo. "Thought I'd be on hand and see that everything waa all fixed up for ua "Maybe you're one of the officers?" tho-ske- tch ''' u every-minut- m y tX Bh In-fr- - il 1 slde-aplltt- ln 11 . . v.w - - ,ot N- nt t S Yu out -- koojpr l no, )"! on-th- 1 a high-color- ed 1 , -- THE. SON OF HIS MOTHER - I 1 -- t w-- -- I . t , - nv - and-stif- .."Father" it.... 1 kt wild-eye- d. ba-Ih- n tin, 1 1 I |