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262 Dave. "I guess the sooner we get at it the better."

The ice on the river was clear and smooth, ideal for hockey playing, and that season ice hockey was taken up in earnest at both Oak Hall and Rockville. Nat Poole had little difficulty in organizing a team, he being the captain and playing rover. The others on his team were made up of those who had played with him on the football eleven and some new students at the Hall.

Dave had studied the play and the players with care, and he finally made up a team as follows:

"Goal, Sam Day. Point, Dave Porter, captain. Cover Point, Phil Lawrence. Center, Roger Morr. Rover, Gus Plum. Left Wing, Maurice Hamilton. Right Wing, Ben Basswood. Substitutes: Tom Atwood, Luke Watson, and Henry Babcock."

"You have got to play as if you meant it, if you want to win any games," said Dave to his fellow-players, and so much in earnest did he become that, between ice hockey and his studies, he completely forgot about the adventure which had followed his visit to Doctor Montgomery.