“There sure are,” agreed Dan. And those of you who are interested in the future fortunes of Tommy may read of what he did that fall in the book to follow this, to be called “Tommy Tiptop and His Football Eleven; or, A Great Victory and How It Was Won.” And after the football season Tommy continued to be active, as he always was. I am going to tell you what he did after the eleven was disbanded, in the third book of the series, to be called “Tommy Tiptop and His Winter Sports; or, Jolly Times on the Ice and in Camp.”
Over the diamond thronged the boys of the two teams, cheering each other, laughing and shouting. Of course Dan’s team felt badly at losing the game, but they were glad Tommy had won, for they were quite proud of him.
“Well played, youngsters!” exclaimed Mr. Fillmore, who with his friend, the hardware man, was at the game. “Well played! It was worth seeing!”
Tommy Tiptop felt very proud and happy.
“Oh, but you are so dirty!” exclaimed his mother, who with Nellie, and some of her daughter’s girl friends, had come to the contest. “So dirty and hot!”
“That doesn’t matter, mother. We won! We won!” cried Tommy.
And now, as he is marching across the diamond with his friends, old and new, in their baseball suits, cheering and laughing, we will take leave of Tommy Tiptop.
THE END
THE TRIPPERTROTS SERIES
By HOWARD R. GARIS