La Junta tribune., 1913-02-15
A FOOTBALL
MYSTERY
Story of the Cridiron
By r. A. mitchell

have had one u dozen years ago"
"A romance Why. ainty. | never
knew You md one You ar. such u
precise. prim little body Was hc as
gentle Il nn,n as You are a womau;"
Not at all ier>ous OF opposite
makeup are more apt to mate than
those who are similar My lover was
Young giant In strength He once
carried me over a stream of water
deep enough to cover him to his waist
and with n current ~ swift that few
men could have kept their feet in 1t
unburdcned repaid him 10y coaching
him for an examination"
I You coached him' Why. aunty.
( didn't know yon went to college
Il didn't take the college course. but
I lived here In this college town aud
followed Arthur through his studies"
"on purpose 10 help himf'
"Ic> but enjoyed it"
Tell me all about yonr romance
Did h" iilt you?'
/ NO. II" died Hut I wouldn't like to
tell y"u about II. becnnS" thcr" WAS u
. ''' 49, ''N' W h''- W. ''s''' "''b'
/ thing uucnnny Though u was twelve
years ago. cant to this dny tnlk
about II without being appalled, aS
was then
There was n brief silence. after
which the lady continued
Nevertheless th.r. is one person.
and only une. for whom shall make
D
niece. the story or nll know Of II
and when ! have told II To you | shall
never speak OF IL ngnin"
"Oh. nuniyr" The girl put her arm
about the speaker.
Arthur aud | attended the high
! II WIS ih, opposii"ncss OF our makeup
that drew u- together Arthur was not
dun scholar iut was born with sp..
cini leaning To athletic sports lie knew
all the WAYS NJ making n baseball do
what b. wished II to do was splendid
pionship nt golf
"But II was on the football field that
/ he won his most brilliant trinmphs.
lie so distinguished himself Mt this
while In the high school that repre-
s~ntstiv~- from different colleges came
10 S~e him play. and the y~nv iefore
he went TO the university xthietk' smnn
nGer srom Harvard. Vale. rdW~etow
SO otsser coiieg.~ hid against ons
smother tn get him fOt their respective
colleges thxt l,~ might heroine n ,nem
l,er ~ th~ university team. Son~ of
them offering !" nav his wsy through
colle9e " he would iOin them
"The~~ big. strong fellows nr~ R,s tO
have some weakness Arti,ur's weak
point wns an Inability to de-, ide smai,
things. In thI. h. relied mpon me. H~
asked us whhh " amy. ~ the prop.
osition. h~ should scrept and I. wish
ing ~ keep him near me. told him !
lege herr Resides. INV father WIS u
Professor here. and ! wn. Interested In
the college didn't wish him to ne
cept any T~runIsry nusistance for play
Ing athletic ganea. and our univ"r
sity. be,nR one ~ the smn Her ones
conhi psy nothing
"Ho Arthur stayed with us. and II
was we'll h~ did. for I was ems bl~d to
help him through tie hMd the great
sst admiration sN my ability 10 solve
s"sn~ mathematical prohlem or compre
henA n soEkS' sequence. while I loved
and admired him far his manly
strength. What drew the 4" him most
was HE uncon~io,i-ne.- Of the value
of that strength which I prixcd ~ high
". Rut II II nHturwi for weak woman
to admire physical strength In man
Having Arthur here. We took an In
inierrst In athletics that We hnd never
taken befOrr. aud. since he WAS devoted
In foofhrll npd would add greatly 10
the ~hsnr~- ~ nny t-an, he played
With. 0ut hDys tsrcnms Interested IN
catering the 6eId In the annual game
with the big suilexes While Arthur
was In ~olI~se iohn Spansier was here
sod wss msde captain ~ the football
ieeo Having . tower Of strength In
Arthur. Srangier snrr~~ded In making
Wp n 6ne team. especially the one TIM,
sntered fov the annwaI zane against
the "ther ~"iIeses. f* the autumn pre-
e,"sss Ia Arthurs sradua tiou
"Arthus ordinarily was iaxy II n
Vwire6 eomethin9 very exciting to
rsuss him n mae his strength. bn'
whee th0rnnHhly aroused he was like
. rharRing elerhant Captain xprnrier
was ~oostsntiy coming 10 me h~wnll
iue The fact that he coWlhn's rel his
oela nsan 10 hr r~guiav NJ iwnrtic~
snd when NJ dh prartice u aeemed i'm.
poealh's n wnke him up IN his work
Many Q time Was obliged 10 ses s~v
efal sirls toGether anh 70 out on to the
prsrtics Aeld In ortier thai By my pres.
ence might Inspire Arthur to do good
work
'One thing Of srent Importance wa.
KEN FINN me. HrNnsier knew II and
ahouh have told me. hut he f~lt sure