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CHAPTER VIII (Continued).
THE RULES OF THE G.

CHAPTER VIII Continued.
THE RULES OF THE GAME
Didn't 1 see you with Miss Murdoch at the
game, Frank"
Her name is Power, Shedsy.'
She's a s-stunner. But whose t-touches fire
is liable to be scorched. Frank"
She's no fire. shedsy; she's snow; cool.
pure'-
Are you fellows going to the m-mass meet
ing?"
I'm going. but not with you; make part OF
the fringe. with DR.. Craven" said Kate.
Shedsy glanced up at him. but answered only:
You'll go, FRANKIE"
Bradford knew from experience that Carfax
mass meetings, after a big game won. We're
worth attendance. The students took them
seriously. Bradford could remember the days
when he had been lifted up and borne about
on young shoulders. while he cluns to any con-
venient hair. and rejoiced to be the centre OF
it all.
Tonight across the Carfax quadrangles the
howl drifted-not the strong, sonorous cheer. but
the faint indiscrmnate, unblended Shrek
which said, Here are! We have won. won
won, and we mean to let you know IT." Snatches
of unintelgible songs reached them down the
wind. AS they approached. the glare of the fire
against the dormitory windows met them first.
red as blood: then. as they rounded a corner
dancing. shrieking. destructive students Of the
liberal arts and the sciences. who were celebrat-
ing the one thing which will continue to
| celebrate until Culture. with its last delicate
touch. shall snick his arteries and let out his
blood. They were celebrating the triumph OF
brain and body.
Looks like hell and the devils. doesn't it?~
said Slim.
By the fire, not too close but still broad in the
in yrrI1{r oh fho
| sheepish but happy eleven had been hauled to
! the scene; some of them were still in It, but most
| had escaped In it stood also one William West.
master Of ceremonies. who from time to time in
| troduced certain students who essayed to ad-
dress the mob Of dervishes around; the joyful
dervishes mocking thereat Beyond. on the edge
| of darkness, stood the spectators of the scene
townspeople faculty, and maidservants.
Boys" cried the stentorian voice of West cit
is said that some in the vast assemblage are un-
acquainted with the score of to-day's game.
| Will you enlighten them?"
They counted in unison. "One two. three.
| four. five Five. ten. fifteen. twenty. Twenty
one! Twenty-twoM Twenty-three!u Twen-
| ty-four!!r' And then the powerful Carfax cheer.
who is Billy West?" cried voice in the
crowd.
''who. indeed?' came a squeak from some
where. There roar, and West blushed in
the freight
"I have the honor. gentlemen and ladies'
Mine rahs for the ladies! Rah rah. rah!
Rah. rah hah! Rah. rah, rah! LADIES'
-"gentlemen and ladies' to present Mr.. Rich
| ard Brown who wilr'-
Dick. Dick, we-want-Dick! Dick. Dick,
| Dick, we-want-Dick," The staccato applause
rose. drowning everything else. Mr.. Brown.
| very neatly dressed, and with a perfunctory
smile. advanced to the end of the wagon. Alas
for himl he wore a light waistcoat. and they
| would not let him begin.
Remove the vest, Oh-h. Dick. remove the
| vestr'
Remove the smile! Oh-h. Dick. remove the
smile"'
Dicky dear!"
"Dicky by any other name would smell as
sweet'-
At last he found lulL Fellows. only want
| to say
Say it!'
| spit it out Dick"
Let us know your mind. old man"
| "I only wanted to say, Three cheers for Car
fax!'" And the crowd roared forth the three.
and three more to keep them company. and still
three for good measure; and Brown descended
and Green took his place; and the endless
whirling farce went on, while the fire blazed
high in the air and showed the people back and
back like a huge red haired policeman. it's
heat increased, and it's light threw their faces
into CHASTITY white relief.
Much the same thing used to be-"
said Bradford to Barnes, only think we made
a little more noise. perhaps. And there is no
body here now like Pudding Thomas to make the
crowd laugh"
True. 0 King"
''It makes me melancholy, though" went on
Bradford. EFT ego in Arcadia Wiki; id smoky
Arcadia. but I'm sorry TO be out of it so soon"
He sighed.
60. then my son. and h-howI among the
h-howlers."
They don't know me any more, Shedsy;
they'd put me out