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106 and energy that inside of five minutes his mates had shoved Sid Henderson over the line for the. first touchdown. Holly Cross kicked the goal, and there was a wild riot of cheers.

"That's the way to do it; eh, Kindlings?" cried Tom, capering about in delight.

"We'd ought to have done it twice over in this time," was the somewhat unsatisfactory response. "If we don't look out, they'll score on us."

But there was no danger of that in the first half, when Randall got another touchdown and goal, and ended up with a field goal. Then indeed did Bean Perkins and his cohorts let loose, singing wildly, though they did not give the "Conquer or Die" song. There seemed to be no need for it.

Newkirk was downcast, but would not give up. When the second half was resumed, with some new players lining up against Randall, there was a moment when it seemed as if her rivals might menace her goal line, for they rushed the ball up with disheartening speed. The gains were mostly made through the unfortunate Sam Looper, who could not seem to hold, and Bert Bascome, his tackle, was not playing at his best.

"Put in Simpson," sugested Tom to Kindlings, during the time taken out to enable the Newkirk players to try to get some wind back into thek plucky quarter-back.