Show the second of the game to loungo lounge dejectedly in his chair gazing gaeng pensively at the mantelpiece had become one of doba dabs dally occupations pat ions perhaps tile tho white letters W all E sley S le Y standing out cut conspicuously on a pennant in the center had faset rated him perhaps tho ilia more mere knowledge that sho she had given it to lim made fato fate seem scent less cruel no do that as it may tho the wellesley pennant told hold tho the place ot of honor lit in tile tho room tile tho spot wherein tho the football players heart ila had hitherto stood A long row of pretty facos reaching across tho the wall told their own story of a brief reign and now where each in turn had stood hung biting an inanimate pennant tom was rudely ro recalled called from dreamland drea niland by a at tho iho door come coma tall in ho to shouted shout cil inhospitably and without anro nil up lip hob bob inquired nod ked summers entering th room in toot football attire why uro ara you mooning around here tho follows aru waiting ile iio glanced about tile tho room for rome explanation ot of bobs evident cental disturbance hang football tont ball was the uncivil 11 ro re spouse sion so not nod pentad lits hh too lings by a whistle of a lie ho laid it a hand on oil doba dabs shoulder tho the matter old chap chaill lie ha biked do you want theao follows to yapo us ort orf tho faco face ot at tile earth on saturday ono might think so front from the way youve played this fall fait id alg gest that you were lit in love but hello I 1 ills his eye foll fell on tile tho pennant on the mantel antel ni micros Wh oros her picture who id fd it now the iho question ahro la 13 it she give mo me one ona bobs dejected air was so unusual sual as to causo cause ned to look curiously at him 1 I say any llou bob tg Is your brain affected 7 lie he asked halt hair seriously no I 1 tell you iou ned its my heart im tard rani hit bit why dont you toll tell hor why dont you ildo to tile moon in an auto 1 thero there wore touch espotia in dobs bobs temper come bob it all abou neda expression was wag ono of bewilder mient 1 I toll tell tall sou sho she wont listen to me 11 1 I mot tier her at green liiko laka in august sho spent tho the summer there with her mi mother other find and on oil the afternoon or of tho the alight sho was to leavo leave I 1 tried to tell tier her all about it only to become etu eib tangled in ono one of those sarcastic conversations versa tlona which ended in a quarrel to cool oft off I 1 went out for a turn lit in the water intending to return and apala apologize gizo for some things I 1 said whon when I 1 was nicely out in tho the middle the mill A r gd i t r 11 gazing pensively at the mantelpiece wind wont went down and left ino lulled hilled two miles froni from shore share roy my bulls empty ind and no sign of an oar well naked i ned leaning against the mantel mantelpiece e anti and becoming interested well I 1 it well at oil all corrected dob bob impatiently when I 1 finally reached the hotel several hours later she was gone but not without a parting shot at rno me in a cote ri ote silo sho said eald a lot of things about people los loa log ing their tempers tempera and all that rot and of ft how a roal real gentlemen gOnt leMen lu hl vil vc hupf ip for what I 1 had bad sao w sae she thought it was Intent loral t j ll 11 ati going out on the lake and cremati tax until all alio a was gone ll 11 bobs eyes sought bought tho ilia pennant agnia again but why dont you iorito to 4 I 1 heh listen to rea reabon ned ww wai i ginning to show signs of at sympathy 1 I did and im waiting yet for ilia iho ris and tho the pennant how about that olin oh she aho navo gave that to mo me before its all I 1 have of hers do you realize that you ou haveit enlightened mo me as aa tu to who her Is site richmond climond ni lives in corning it was eo bo q i own fd ast it that lio lie md riot not detect ilia hn shaft a 0 that shot abot across ills his friends face ace well its pretty tough old man but this wont win our gamo game to for r ua its conle come wo enrit practice A bump or two tivo on tho the gridiron will shake all sen dimant out of you wo ave kniat do those follows saturday A tow fow mirt utes later when they sit stepped aped into tile bercot tog together othor ned ran lan on oil ahead anti and disappeared aravind the corner carrier ostensibly to telephone to a 0 fir friend lond cut but tho the message was writ ten on a telegraph blank ard read k T V L r A 0 IR t if it la Is so ea easily won dob bob she cho said aless gladys irving Car barning nIng now new york arrange to conic to gamo game saturday ati an bring Lour without fill fall ned of mingled and disappointment were plainly visible on many faces in tho the crowded stand alo halfback lind hall fumbled every bill in tho the first half ho was not lot playing in ills hta ronn form when binic was called nel ned rushed up tip to a small boy bay standing on oil tho the field all ait out t of breath from playing he gasped run nun to bob curbello Tor Tur bella bello room loom know it Is all right bring tho pennant hanging on tho the mantel bring it I 1 ioro oro na its fast as you can ec amper As tile ook coh chelf positions tlona for tho the decord half doll dob torbell ten Tor bell lell bend irs over with ills head bead between his knees glanced elin ced casti casually ally at tho the grand through tho the space ho he saw raw a iwhite alto tottered Iott ered hannant floating in tho breeze without thought of tile tho gamo game he S thoi erect juist as the signal was to bo be givon on a pro tonao of adjusting his vo seguard lie ho sor jor a minute while tho the signal was hold X Y Z 11 1131 31 called the quarter back 1 acu as nob bob resumed tits his position tho the fight for tho the was on oil dob bob played football as wall in the second half us as tic ho had played badly in tho the first and all because lie ho saw a faco behind the lying flying pon pennant connant nant 4 4 but you played so much better lit in the last liala nob bob said lourene laurenc Lou as silo sho put it little hand in tho the two big ones lit in the floser ted grandstand two other thoughtful young persons persona were vero walking g in an opposite direction you saved tho day adny no you did it replied dob bob looking ridiculously happy and forgetting to release tho the hand lie ho hold you yet uon mon tho the kimo game but bior tho sight of your face so unlooked od for behind that pennant I 1 should have tumbled rumbled through tho whole fth olfa garno gamo A part of my ar vir was wanting arid and a lorg long time afterward when ho he hall had talen taken off ills his football clothes and hod had regained sonio some of oc hla hia lie ho sald dewi do 1 fl yell could 0 i it tb tho a bat baulo 0 of life as you yon dirt did tho the gama you yott ean can but will you if it Is id so easily won hob bob she salt said and they began on the second halt of the garm 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