The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23

rush u.s. soliloquized, sullenly. They |
number at least twoscore.
"Tib sighed in minor but made no |
reply until he had scanned the ice.
freckled wavelets with an ancient
glass. Then he observed, II my old |
eyes don't deceive me, there's thread |
of smoke out yon.'
'T gave a hoot of Joy. IL was the
sealer to the rescue. 'Hurrah for the
Saucy Liz!
"'Only Lizzie knows naught of our
embarrassment dlsheartened Tib,
and is taking her time. The query is,
can we hold out till she arrivesT
speaking of maidens,' trembled,
we have Minnie and Maude--'
ard forgotten EN- mused Tib. II
they can lend helping hand we might
gain the beach and keep the foe
guessing for an hour, and then win
out
"'An hour! I cried. Just time for
two halves!'
"He grabbed me by my shoulders,
sir, and gazed lovingly into my spark
ling orbs. Then he lisped: My child,
well start the first half now; and it's
our kick-off.'
"Nenook! Nenook' howled the
rabble, now garbed In a delirium
tremens Of bravado
""The smoke is thicker l joyously
| reminded my companion, as he be-
came absorbed in studying the dancing
and advancing enemy.
g f1.r. I,lw. .s.ti
article, he murmured. They must be
some halfcaste people The Simon
pure Innuit hasn't any more temerity
| than sage hen, except when tackling
| bear
They're punching for a rush!' !
| yelled; and the clamor for Nenook
was now so uproarious that / had to
use my hands as trumpet In order to
reach Tbs dull ear.
Bring out the squad directed he.
Have Rudolph play center
| "And with our seven players In line,
with Tib and me at quarter and half
| back, we trailed around the corner and
on to the Arctic gridiron and faced
the would.be-champions They had ex-
| pected the bears, and, being used to
that kind of trouble, we're loaded with
an antidote in the shape of bone
tipped spears. And yet the shaggy,
orderly array puzzled them and
warned that we were there for no
parlor pastime. Seeing us come to
halt they foollshly assumed a massed
formation, like revolving wedge, and
brusquely advanced to try us out.
'Minnie!' cried Tib, and that blithe-
some lass began to make a detour to
the right, with the others ambling
joyfully along behind. Well, sir, II
simply swept the gang off its feet. 1t
was all done so quickly and neatly
that we'd fanked them before they
saw a light. Then Minnie halted and
waited for us to form the line.
Then the chief took a sip from his
lagon and coughed out a signal, and
the beggars speedily presented new
front and again prepared to rush. You
see. we had an elegant chance to cut
for the beach after the first end-play
but our players had been trained In the
corral, where they were forced to halt
after making 30 feet. So the benight-
ed romps had absorbed the impress
sion that ten yards was their limit on
any one play. And, of course, Tib and
I did not care to wander about on the
beach alone while waiting for the
sealer to arrive.
"'What are we tarrying for nowT
cried, as the other line again ap-
preached, this time more rapidly, and
seemingly oblivious to fear.
Minnie wont work twice In sue
cession,' yelled Tib. 'Maude must
come next. or they won't play We
taught 'em to alternate, and we
mustn't try the left end until the crowd
gets nearer
"As the last word was barked, Kin
ack's Prides were upon us, trying to
buck the line. But when It came to
plunging they were rotten; too light,
you know. And say, sir, they ought
to have been penalized 30 yards for
treading on our center's toes and
thrusting at the guards with their
ticklers.
"'All ready!' howled Tib, reaching
between the center's feet to kick a
study In oils on the nose. 'Maude!'
"And away they gambolled to the
left in search of ten yards more of
leeway. And Maude carried with her,
sir, the bunch of deer-skin. You see,
We had to fetch 1t along to give the
bruins their cue. Bless their old
hearts! II was all game to them
But this play was attended by a
beautiful melee, as we'd waited few
seconds too long, and as our guards
had never lined up against even a
scrub eleven before, and consequently
were bit dazed and rather punk on
the defensive. However, they man.
aged to break up the interference after
a fashion, and finally, somewhat wind
ed we were one family again. h'
But the captain of the Kinackers
absorbed a pint of stimulus and could
see we were In for livelier doings
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