But a touch-down made under the circumstances gives the team making it an opportunity to kick for goal, so the ball was brought out. Darrell held it, and Dick Merriwell drove it over the cross-bar, winning the game by one point.
CHAPTER XXX—THE TRAP SPRUNG
“Whatever are you doing, pard?” asked Brad Buckhart, as he found Dick at work on the hinges of the door to their room.
“Sh!” cautioned Dick. “I’m setting a trap.”
“Hey? A trap?”
“I said so.”
“What for?”
“A spook.”
“What?” The Texan was astonished.
It was three days after the game with New Era. The mystery of the spook remained a mystery. Nor had Chester Arlington been able to explain how Abe Gorman’s watch happened to be found in his pocket.