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"Georgie" of the field and scored under the posts. I simply couldn't help kicking the goal after that; but those beggars scored far out from a forward rush and made the score eight points to our five."

I felt that I couldn't bear much more of this.

"Georgie," said I, "suppose you cut the technicalities and tell me what happened."

Georgie glanced at me contemptuously.

"You're not much of a sportsman," said he. "I hope you'll bring this poor little chap up to be more manly in his tastes. Why did you pretend that you were so interested if you weren't?"

"Go on about the Linnet," said I wearily.

Georgie laughed.

"You should have seen him," said he. "He played like a man possessed after that. Ran regularly Berserk, don't you know. He couldn't do wrong. His tackling and kicking were a dream, but somehow we couldn't score. Time after time 216