Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-08

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u had slmrls concentrated his attcn.
tlon an thu game sufficiently Go TIRE
vent his making ant tluudrfs
The scceni half WIS about 10 begin
with q a. q IN favot of tho stnnwirs,
whcn Captain 1urkrf heard voice
behind him saYi
a lads ~ the Grand stand wants 10
see you. stanford"
Turning. Tmker saw stanford walk
away
Come back hcte" shouted the cap.
tain Of the Stanwies. Times called
'Go ON" thun1elrd Tucker
STANFORD proceeded. watched by his
captain Tucker saw him 10 10 the
grand stand, and ON drawing near Il
he was hcckoucd 60 by Miss storm
"Grcnt hca,cnsr multcrrd Tucker
"Can It he that she's going to set him
upf'
lie saw Miss storm smile on Stan.
fond, whisper something to him, give
him her hand aud send him away.
The big man came running with the
llghucss of raaellc ou to the field.
team that something had happened,
ANA they lined up with a supreme CON
nlcncc. every man In condition tu do
his hcst
Strange ID is how under certain cir
CumslWrys what is not known bc.
comes known Il was probably not
i've minutes between the reception of
stamford S summons and the beginning
of The sryouj bUlf. get 90 was known
everywhere ga the oval that change
had come over the conditions pertain
ug to the yJWr. I'm the first place, a
large number of Miss storms friends
sitting about her saw Stanford app
prouch her listen TO her whispered
words and receive the pressure of her
little hand They saw, too, a sudden
gust Of joy sweep over his face. Then
they followed him with their eyes as
he bounded toward the center of the
gridiruu. The news was disseminated
by a hundred voices. which in turn
told il TO hundred more. and SO on
tin It was common property that Il
great advantage had come to the
Parkintons. What that advantage was
only the inner circle knew. Parknton
rooterS yelled themselves hoarse; Stan
wig rooters' voices seemed to have been
Smothered.
"What is It, Stanfordy Tucker ask
ed just before the ball was put in play.
IF this game is Won" replied the
Hercules, I'm in paradise; if it is lost
I'm in the other place"
Then it's won. by thunder
From the reopenmg of the game
Stanford, who had during the first
half attracted attention because of the
uselessncss of man who might be
Infinitely useful. Convergcd the eyes OF
all present. Scarcely had the game
recommended when he got possession
OF the ball, and, warding of a tackle
on his right with his free arm and
launching his ponderous body on an
other tackle he got beyond the en-
emy'S line and. like mountain sud
denly equipped with wings, flew to
goal.
Again, when two wedges were ram
ming each other, Stanford by what
seemed the effort Of Titan forced
his way through the mass before him
and with few contortions riddng
himself of the cllnGers made side
run and another touchdown
The yell that went up from the root
ers of both sides was like dozen
thunderstorms.
And So the game went on. In half
an hour the score, which had been to
0 for the Stanwigs. stood II TO 6 FOR
the Parkintons. Stanford. who con.
s!dered the game won. permitted his
mind to drift upon the blessedness in
store for him. one Of the enemy tax
ing advantage of his inertness, passed
the ball to another. who passed 1t to n
third, and this man took it to goal
Wake up" yelled the Parkintop
rooters.
Stanford did wake up and. since
there were but eight minutes left
made the best use Of them. AS il to
atone for her negligence, he swung
himself about, his enemies going down
before him like pygmieS. Finally,
when time was called the game stood
ii TO 10 in favor of the ParkintonS
Hercules, Instead of bearing the
world on his shoulders, was borne on
the shoulders OF the world. Stanford
was carried OK the field by his co...
rades amid the confusion Of a break
ing in on the grldron by multitude
OF spectators.
Captain Tucker considered what
could with propriety be done To show
Miss Storm the appreciation of him
self and his team for having saved the
game. He had met with an icy recep-
ton on trespassing on her private ar
fairs and had no mind to trcspass
again. He called meeting OF the
team and asked for suggestions The
result of the deliberations was that
the same evening Miss Storm received
box inlaid with mother-ofpcarl cen
tanning ten pounds Of candy. Nothiu.
to mark the donor accompanied it, but
Miss Storm knew very we'll that 1t was
the gift of the winning team
Il Often is.
81 was in hopes when | married that
could give my wife everything she
wanted"
"Well?"
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