"IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF THE SCHOOL"
"Well, I'm in your hands," said the guard, with a rather weak smile.
"I say, Mr. Steele!"—Owen Lawrence was speaking—"may I speak to you a moment?"
"Certainly, Lawrence. Go ahead."
"I don't want to appear in the light of a sorehead, Mr. Steele; but it seems to me—and a good many here will back up my opinion—that it's a mistake to leave Roycroft off the team."
"What has Earl to say about this?" asked the coach, quietly.
"I told these chaps I was ready to abide by your decision," answered Roycroft. "I'm not kicking."
"That's all very well," said "Crackers," "but we happen to know the kind of a game he can play; and the prize the school is going after——"