Excerpt: You ought to have been there that day! But then there was one other good fellow besides yourself who was not there or rather-to be exact he was there and vet could not attend the sports -that was the provoking part of it. Jack- Jack Champney-that's his name-was a handsome young fellow of about nine. teen, with a face that was usually as bright as a morning in May; but there were no smiles that day.

All Branton was astir-_Branton, you know, is a small college town near the great western city of Anyapalis- but then every one knows where Branton is, of course- and here was the great occasion of the year, with Jack...