The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-21
THE ROMANCE
OF A TOUCHDOWN
By 14NVA M CHAMBERL14LN.
By AWW14 M. CHAMBERLAIN.

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eyes, when he makes one OF those
crashes thru center
IF he attempted to make one Of his
low runs"
An ,ominous pause ensued, during
which Anne's heart beat so she could
scarcely breathe, then Wright's voice,
with sinister infection. said:
TT would be a cinch to do 1t. ss.4. FL
but too bad to have to- $S
I'VE are likely to have to, after
what we saw to-day. It Wouldn' t hurt
me much to do It'll owe that fellow
a. few t.S 7. - sxs i
Another pause, them sss
do you think they are engaged :?
ti1nidly from Mitchell.
No doubtsof IT. said Wright sourly
p Then we might as we'll take 1t out
of him. . .s 4. IS. s4
& GU can bet your. e I'm wi ling.
only, Sof course. the OF her fellows must
know no thing. zee G.
aOf course. And we'll only do it
ourselves as a last resort
Sure. Say now,$for instance, when
hes,gets the ball and makes a rush, you
fall over his head against me, to cover
me, and L II push my fist half way thru
his head Anne heard sound that
convinced her that actions were being
suited to the words on. the other side
Of the door 4s:si,Es
Good. We can. manage it like a
charm, and even if
The train started up slowly and the
talk that Anne had listened to SO
eagerly, was drowned. The girl pressed
her ear hard against the door: but
not another word could she hear, so
she turned and fed to her own com
partment. All the night thru her brain
| worked like lightning So this was the
kind of fellow Charlie Wright was. She
realized now, that there had always
been something about this young man
!, that had Jared upon her. He had
1 made violent love to her; but she had
| refused to take him seriously. Still
| she had thought him the stunningest
| fellow she had ever met, until she had
gone to Midland and met George War
liner, and then her peace of mind was
gone utterly. She could not under
stand herself at ALL She found her
/ tongue saying things to the big, manly
thing entirely different. Why was it
she wondered. Above all things, she
|. liked to convey the impression that
/ there was an understanding between
1, herself and Charlie Wright, probably
/ because this seemed to hurt. Ane
now Charlie Wright had turned ou1
like this! Then the episode of Belle
and the little bow of ribbon came te
mind and Anne's heart hardened
George Warner had treated her badly
alb omfnably and now let him look tt
! himself. He had taken care Of him.
l self fairly we'll thus far in life. with
out her help, and he. could probabl,
get along without her help for a time
4 longer He wouldn't be killed at an,
4 rate; but Midland would lose, anl
4 George had been so tantalizingly con
i f1dent. And besides, she would win he
4 bet. No. Let Belle Archer save TIL,
4 day for Midland, II George was $.
fond Of her that he was willing to pi,
j his own colors onto her shoulder him
self, and under Anne's very nose a
| that. Anne shut her lips and turnes
4 her white face to the window and con
i tinued to gaze out until an hour afte
midnight when the train pulled int,
Fair1eigh.
/ The morning Of the fateful / da.
dawned crisp and cold, Ian ideal foot
! ball day. Crowds were pouring int
Fairleigh by the trainload and tn
Z streets of the little town wer
& thronged with people. Crowds wear
n ing the scarlet and gold, fioute,
4 crowds wearing the maroon and whit
and good-natured taunts were fun
i back and forth. Bets were abou
an early hour the crowds 3 turne
toward the gridiron, surging at TIL
gates and squeezing past the ticket
takers, and soon grand stand an
bleachers alike were a II seathins
moving mass OF faces and wavin
colors. College yells and jibes wer
hurled at the visitors section tl1r
Imegap phones and the air was burstin
]. with footing horns. :.
!, In a conspicuous corner of a con
4 spicuous box sat an inconspicuou
|, figure, conspicuous because OF its pas
sivity. She wore no colors and SCENE
. to be a purely disinterested spectatol
, which left the observer puzzled to &C
/ account of the troubled look on til
sweet young face. Then Mid
Z lands band began it's march aroun
the field, playing "A Hot Time
derisively. The crowd OF Wis
{ itors cheered Justify, each thros
striving to do the work Of thre,
t It was a noble effort, but, useless, fc
/ when Fairleigh's band came on a fe-
: moments Later. playing IA Hot Time
/ still more derisively, the shout thu
. arose made the visitors cheer SCUM
t like the wall Of an infant Howeve
!, 1.-The scarlet and gold Naval i1,1< I