The Irish standard., 1910-01-15

SAuOOs Ia 0AA'NO ~ all up Al they
rush U.S. soliloquized, sullenly. They
number at least twoscore.
"Tib sighed in a minor, but made no
reply until he had scanned the Ice
freckled wayelets with an ancient
glass. Then he observed, If my old
eyes don't deceive me. there's thread
Of smoke out yon.'
II gave a boot Of Joy It was the
sealer to tho rescue. 'Hurrah for the
Saucy Lily
"'Only Lizzie knows naught Of our
Embarrassment disheartened lib,
and is taking her time. The query is,
can we hold out till she arrives?'
speaking of maidens,' trembled,
we have Minnie and Maude-'
"I'd forgotten EN- unused Tib. If
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,
we'll start the first half now; and it's
our kickoff
"'Nenook! Nenook!' howled the
rabble, now CARRIED in . 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.
"'They can't be the regular Innuit
article he murmured. They must be
some half-caste people. The Simon.
pure Innuit hasn't any more temerity
than sage hen, except when tackling
bear
They're punching for q rush, I
yelled; and the clamor for Nenook
was now SO uproarious that had to
use my hands as a trumpet in order to
reach Tbs dull ear.
Bring out the squad directed he.
Have Rudolph play CENTER
"And with our seven players in limo.
with lib 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 were 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 a
halt they foolishly assumed a massed
formation, like revolving wedge, and
brusquely advanced to try US out.
'Minnie!' cried lib, and that blithe-
some lass began to make a detour to
the right, with the others ambling
joyfully along behind. Well, sir, it
simply swept the gang of It's feet. It
was all done so quickly and neatly
that we'd flanked them before they
saw q light. Then Minnie halted and
waited for us to form the line.
Then the chief took q sip from his
fagon and cougAed out signal, and
the beggars speedily presented q 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 80 feet So the benight.
ed romps had absorbed the impress
sion that ten yards was their limit on
any one play. And of course, lib and
I did not care to wander about on the
beach alone while waiting for the
sealer to arrive.
What are we tarrying for now?
cried, as the other line again ap.
preached, this time more rapidly, and
seemingly oblivious to fear.
Minnie won't work twice in sue.
cession.' yelled lib. 'Maude must
come next. or they won't play We
taught EN- to alternate. and we
mustn't try the left end until the crowd
gets nearer
LAS 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
t1cklers.
"'All ready!' howled lib, reaching
between the centers feet to kick q
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! It was all game to them.
But this play was attended by q
beautiful melee, as we'd waited a few
seconds too long, and as our guards
had never lined up against even q
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.
But the captain Of the Kinackers
absorbed pint of stimulus and could
see we were in for liyelier doinRs