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 just to show the Toxophilites that some folks can do things as well as others?"

The captain was Frank Noble, and a very good drill-master he had proved himself to be; although he was hardly strict enough to suit a veteran, seeing that he permitted his men to smoke in the ranks.

"I have been thinking about that," replied the captain, as the young archers gathered about him after putting their long bows away in the lockers. "But I think it would be better to wait awhile. It will not be long before the lake will be frozen over, and then we will give an exhibition drill on the ice. What's the matter with that?"

"Nothing," shouted all the boys. "It's the very thing."

"Well, then, in order to accustom ourselves to the movements and evolutions, let every fellow bring his rollers next Thursday night, and we will see what we can do with them."

The boys thought it the best thing they had ever heard of, but Scott had a suggestion to make.

"Why can't we rent the rink for a few