Made in the United States of America


Copyright, 1922
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.


CONTENTS

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I[A Tip to the Waiter]1
II[Partners Confer]15
III[A New Year Begins]26
IV[Jimmy Reads the Paper]37
V[Russell Explains]45
VI[Billy Crocker Drops In]54
VII[Jimmy Goes Shopping]65
VIII[The Second Team Coach]78
IX[At the “Sign of the Football”]88
X[Jimmy Conspires]104
XI[Fair Promises]114
XII[Back in Harness]124
XIII[The New Assistant]136
XIV[Jimmy’s Day]148
XV[Mr. Crocker Calls]162
XVI[Alton Squeezes Through]173
XVII[Stick Confides His Troubles]184
XVIII[Not in the Game]195
XIX[Stick Finds a Buyer]211
XX[Jimmy Has a Clew]224
XXI[Stick Sells Out]238
XXII[Mr. Pulsifer Shakes His Head]248
XXIII[A Member of the Team]255
XXIV[“We’ve Won!”]263

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Now he was blocked, now he had broken free again!]Frontispiece
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[“Rather an unusual proceeding, Emerson,” pursued the doctor]48
[“Yes,” said Russell faintly. “I’m—fearfully—soft!”]132
[“I wish to goodness I’d never gone into this fool thing”]170