"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——"