ILLUSTRATIONS

The "Forward Pass"[Frontispiece]
facing page
Steve slipped on the tiling and fell sidewise into the water (page [166])[80]
"Lift!" instructed the quarter-back. "Lift me up and yank my feet out from under me! Use your weight and throw me back!"[178]
It was Steve, Steve on his back, with only his head and shoulders above the water[324]

LEFT END EDWARDS


CHAPTER I

FATHERS AND SONS

"Dad, what does 'Mens sana in corpore sano' mean?"

Mr. Edwards slightly lowered his Sunday paper and over the top of it frowned abstractedly at the boy on the window-seat. "Eh?" he asked. "What was that?"