“I’ll fix you for that,” growled Sid in Tom’s ear, but the girls laughed, as did Phil and the captain, and the introductions were completed. Miss Harrison proved to be an exceptionally pretty and vivacious girl, a fit companion for Ruth and Madge. She was fond of sport, as she soon announced, and Phil and Tom warmed to her at once.
As might have been expected, Tom walked along with Ruth, Phil with Miss Tyler, and that left Sid nothing to do but to stroll at the side of Miss Harrison.
“So you play ball, too,” she began as an opener, looking at his uniform.
“Yes—er—that is I play at it, sometimes,” floundered Sid, conscious of a big green grass stain on one leg, where he had fallen in reaching for a high fly.
“Isn’t it great!” went on the girl, her blue eyes flashing as she glanced up at Sid. Somehow the lad’s heart was beating strangely.
“It’s the only game—except football,” he conceded. “Do you play—I—er—I mean—of course——”
“Oh, I just love football!” she cried. “I hope our team wins the championship this year!”
“Your team?” and Sid was plainly puzzled.
“Well, I mean the boys of Fairview—I attend there you know.”
“I didn’t know it, but I’m glad to,” spoke Sid, wondering why he never before thought blue eyes pretty. “Do you live at the college?”