Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-13
copyrighted, 1900; Daily Story Pub. Coz

Stonehenge quarterback. and paused.
The two e~levens. fiercely in haste. had
lined up for another scrimmage before
it was noticed that the Wilhurst right
end had not risen from his place at the
ot'om Of the last heap.
So the quarterback was stopped in
the middle of his signal by the referees
call of Time" and there was a three
minute wait for ministrations to the in
jured player.
h gave GARRISON, right guard, a
somewhat unwelcome opportunity to
do a lot of thinking.
nat per. Of The signal giv"r by the
quarterback before the call Of time told
-! That was vital II tive neN p aS. To
Clalkson, and to every other member of
the Stonehenge eleven. it indicated that
Dana. the full back, was to take the bali
and buck the center. Maynard. III center
rush, and Clarkson, the right guard, We're
10 opel a hoe between them through
which Dana was to plunge for Il gain of
as many yards as possible. If the end
rushes got through in time TO aid him
by interference hemight even score a
touchdown. though the Wilhurst goal
was forty yards away.
1t was just the right play for the mo-
ment and Garrison knew it. 1t was the
second half of the game and but ten
minutes, of playing time remained. Nei-
Their side had scored: each was stronger
in defensive than in offensive work.
But Dana. piucky and strong and swift,
had been saved by Stonehenge for the
emergency. All through the first half his
accurate kicking had frequently been
needed to send the ball far down the
field on three downs or to return with in
I fareSt tho n11OfS of tho VEilbnrSt fu1l-
back. But when it came to running with
the ball, the signals We're not for Dana.
One batch of half-backS had been used
up and had retired in favor of the eager
substitutes. Tackles, guards and ends
had all been used to advance the ball,
but not once had the quarter-back's pass
been to Dana.
The Wilhurst players and coaches no.
ticed the emission and wondered if Dana
had sustained some injury in practice of
which they We're ignorant. The Stone
henge alumni in the grandstands swore
under their breaths tina the captain
and quarterback had lost their senses.
Only the undergo adua,tes, ~unwavered in
their confidence, told each other that
Wilhurst would be Jared in the last
quarter of an hour.
Now that time had come Dana hardly
could contain his eagerness. He felt
in his bones that he was gboing to win
the game for Stonehenge and he knew
that She was on the center stand watch
ing to see him do it. Clarkson knew it,
too, and that was why he was gritting
his teeth and kicking savagely at the
half-frozen earth.
The both could see her, a-futter with
ribbons, her gray eyes wide and bright
with excitement, the vagrant wind blow
ing her brown curls all about her face.
Not a girl in the Wilhurst thousand
could equal her, the pride and the belle
of Stonehenge.
The whole university worshiped her,
but it was pretty we'll knownn. even to
the Oldest professor and the youngest
sub-freshman. hat the leaders in the
race for her favor, We're Charles Dana,
handsome, graceful and daring, glee club
leader, and amateur actor. and John
Garrison, strong, sensible and substan-
tial. class leader and putter Of the shot.
The con est has been &C since they
came back as sophomores to find her
home from boarding school, ready to
become the leader and the life of all
the gaietp possible in a fresh-water col
lege town. The boys We're seniors now
and Miss Kitty had grown TO the stature
of a dignified young lady. In a few
ti. AAAA"A >AS AVA Stii 80" 49,
one, Dana or Garrison or the girl, fel,
quite sure as to the outcome.
IF she only knew the game groaneC
Clarkson inwardly, "she could see that
if I didn't make a hole Dana's run would
not amount to shucks. But of course
she don't. No girl does. She'll see Dana
tearing down the field for a touchdown
and me back in the rncK, most likel.
with a bloody nose. She'll hurrah 70
Dana with the rest and laugh at me-, i
she thinks of me at all
That wicked little devil called Tempter
who is found on football fields Just as n
is everywhere else, seized this moment t,
come whispering in Clarkson's ear ant
said: What if you don't make tina
hole? You have done wrk enough al
ready in this game so that no one vii
blame you. 1t will not lose the game
Wilhurst ant score, anyway. 1t will b
a tie. If there is no place for Dana t
get through he'll likely be thrown for
less and then She will laugh at him in
stead of at you.
Just then a tremendous roar from tn
stands drove the Tempter and all els
out of Clarkson's ears. Stonehenge
realizing that the crucial moment in tn
game had come, was raising a cheer tina
dwarfed all the other cries of tina nois
afternoon. First the old college yell wa
given and hen came "~Stone-henge!
three times, long drwon OUT and sharpl
accented, followed by a players name.
The leaders of the cheering began wit
the center rush and the right guard cam
next. "Stone-senge!" Stone-henge!
"S~tone-henge!" 'Ciarkson." rang tn
shout from a thousand threats. The ho
Strengthened proudly at the sound an
turned to his place in the line. Dan
and the girl We're for a monen forgot
ten: the honor of the old college file
his head and his heart.
In the midst of the uproar play wa