The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-30

ioursly as eleven mud stained football ists went through a dozen machine-like plays.
 Hey. Chicago, How's that? Hey, you. Chicago-there.' 1 l. was a Wisconsin rOoter who em- phasized his remarks with vigorous slaps between any bystanding pair of shoulders.
 Why, it's all right said Henry, winking the water out of his eyes 'only you wait till they run up against Eckie. Only one side to this game. and that's us.'' Henry smoothsd out his maroon ribbon, and. with the Shaw l ing Emporium farther behind him than ever, began to feel his importance. At last his position as loyal Chicago rooter was fixed.
 You see,'' he explained to the Wis consin person, you're all right, but you haven't got Eckersall.'
 Willing to back that little idea # yours?" said the Wisconsin person. Henry wrinkled his brow and felt ap- prehensively for the lonesome dime. ''W1-a-a"
 "Ill take it." grumbled the fat Chi cagO man alongside. 'I'll take it for as much as you want"
 well I'm not rich. Make it 35''
 That's good
 And, say, your Chicago friend here can hold stakes" The Wisconsin per- son pulled four crumpled bills from his pocket and counted ten, fifteen, twenty-five, thirty-five,''
 Three tens and a five said the big Chicago man.
 Right you are," chirped Henry, as he POcketed the bills, while thrills of chip perness ran through him at the very 1 thought of having $70 in his pocket. With one hand n2stling in their crisp ness he watched the Wisconsin toleaoh- CTS jig up and down as they yelled the famous "U -. ah-Wis-con-sin.' which starts like the grunt of a loco- motive and ends like thnusand-pound skyrocket.
 AS the last yell died down the ball, which had been lying in the center of the field, rose in the air. The game had begun and thir;y-five of the dollars in Hcnry's pocket were getting ready for new master.
 |. Darn a poker game said Henry; why didn't l save that $5 to be-
 Hold 'em, Wlsconsin!" sang the badger person skipping Henry again on the back and producing a reddish liquid which sparkled in the bottle.
 Henry drank copiously, for he was cold. Fine he said.
 A: the end of three more plays the C1dcagoan produced a similar bottle and forced it between Henrys willing hands. So the ball went back and forth and the pota;tons followed the bal. As the game progressed Henry's good nature and enthusiasm rose until from a simple Chicago rootar he devel oped into violen: non-partisan, yell ing fervently at each turn of the game. The players he did not know, but he hridged this difficulty oy calling each Chicago runner Eckersall and dubhins the entire Wisconsin team Wander boom.
 At the close of the first half the score was naught to naught. The Chicago man was yelling. but in a depressed way The Wisconsin man slapped Henry on the back and said: We cant lose. Eclrie can't kick goal. He's tried and he can't"
 And the liquor so rose in Henry that he became q Wisconsinie e and said: Sure he can't. I've got an uncle in La Crosse, too"
 He noticed with grievance that some of the Chicago men seemed still coflfl- dent. He wished that he had money to back Wisconsin,. Thinking it over he wondered whether he would be able to find some one to take the other end of the bet. His maroon ribbon Tapped up in his face, but when he tried to loosen it he found it was tied in fast knot. Then he forget about the dis loyal ribbon and watched the elevens walk on for the second half.
 The Chicago mari, followed by the Wisconsin person, had crowded down below to be nearer the side lines. As he watched them a brilliant thought clammored in Henrys befuddled brain. He would back Wisconsin with the $70 in bis pocket and win yet another $70 for himself. .,'~'
 He gave one glance at the field where the Wisconsin team were playing its way toward the other goal.