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 he had quite a good deal to say about Mr. Mulford, none of which was very flattering. Hillman's had put the game on ice in the fifth inning, Kewpie averred feelingly, and it wouldn't have hurt Pinky or the team's chances to have let him pitch a couple of innings!

"And there's only Saturday's game left," mourned Kewpie, "and that's with Crumbie, and she's better than we are and there isn't one chance in a hundred of my getting into it! Gee, I should think folks wouldn't make promises if they don't mean to keep 'em!"

Laurie, who was half of Kewpie's audience, Hal Pringle being the other half, reminded the speaker that Pinky hadn't really promised, but his tone lacked conviction. He, too, thought that the coach might have used Kewpie that afternoon. Kewpie was still plaintive when Laurie remembered that the morrow held two examinations and hurried off for a brief period of study before supper.

I have already intimated that Laurie was not quite his usual care-free self that week, and the same is true to a greater or lesser degree of most of the other ninety-odd students. Finals are likely