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Rh He would have been less proud and happy if he had heard the consoling speeches that some of the boys round the bulletin-board made to Holder. They charged Frank Windsor indignantly with favoritism.

It was perhaps a tacit acknowledgment that there was some truth in the charge when Windsor came up, and drawing Holder to one side, told him that even though he was down only as substitute, he was sure of playing through part of the game. On a Saturday night the three upper forms of the school gathered in the auditorium to choose the president of the athletic association.

One of the masters, Mr. Eldredge, opened the meeting by calling for nominations. There was a moment of silence; then Frank Windsor rose and proposed Harry Harding's name. Tom Albree seconded it; and then Francis Stoddard nominated Rupert Ormsby. There were no other names proposed. The tellers were appointed and the voting began.

Harry Harding, sitting in the front row with Bruce Watson and Joe Herrick, tried to appear