La Junta tribune., 1913-02-15

Into lnunite distress WAS thai he hnd
shown Ayilpon> OF n weak heart. In.
deed. doctor had warned hlur that
any grrat eNertion "r excitement might
cause him 10 drop dead.
~ eau Never think or speak OF my
e6OrtS 10 encourage Arthur to win the
Gaiue Tor hlS college without suffering.
II xny one who knew uf his wen u..ss
bad tOh me Of il Arthur might have
been alive to-day. don't blame him.
but do blaine them.
Arthur carried his team through all
the games preliminary To- the one for
the championship successfully. aud
when the two colleges which were to
play the ina game went ont on TO the
gridiron they were our college and
Yale Thru had been enough honor
In our HAVING achieved such II position
without tlliN meeting. for no one ex
pected thar We could beat Yale In,
deed. II was partly luck that had en-.
abled us 70 heat Princeton. which gave
us the rirh 10 play The game for the
cha mpionNh.p \ prcsentimcnt of evil
came over ne from whence knew
not. and wished our team would give
Yale the game without a contest.
THE afternoon. late In November.
that the yamc was played was bright
and the alr crisp. lust the conditions
for u trin Of physical strength aud
skill Whcu our boys wen, out on to
the field great shout arose from the
spectators, fpr all sympathized with
college comprising hut thousand stu.
dents matched against one comprising
several Thousand could see Arthur.
standing head above his fellows.
Indeed. before The kickoff he came
very near where | sat aud waved his
hand to mo lie looked as well IA
had ever seen him. and when | smiled
AT him could see that II affected him
like some lnyigornting draft
while m" bail was in play nj n
critical moment Somcthlng-a piece Of
timber. | D~Irve- broke In the stand
whrrs. ] was sitting For moment II
caused solue commotiou among those
sitting on IN" boards Th. teams were
fighting for the hall Just below rs. and
Arthur heanHg N" crack or seeing the
stir thinking was In danger, turned
his attentiun To me Seeing him stand
Ing regnrd'rs, NJ his work. uros" In
my seat aud waved 10 him This turn
ed him in's To M" gam. Just In time.
"Onr team vas certainly u wonder
I fnr 3 ha
very irguulns CAV. It's opponents
all they cuuIl II" tn prevent our boys
from scoring. tu say nothing NJ scor
ing themsulr"s Indeed neither side
scored during m. early part OF tn.
struggle. liur lust before the first rest
Yale mad" q touchdown. Soon after
this heavy wiutry clouds changed the
face Of ~. day. and since the game
had tegun n % late hour It was dim
cult fnr the Spectators to see what
wss going on On III. field A fierce
tuasie vas In progress for the ball
when everything suddenly stopped, I
knew thai an accident had occurred
aud Was quite sure some one WAS be
Ing carried IN the grsiiron. Hut NO
many g,er~,us iutrrvened between me
49, - Qelovtnx him that I could
ere A,'Is " xhst WAS taking place.
"A chill. whether from the over.
banging clouds or the accident. seemed
Ia sweep acrnss the field Ike n breeze
for some minutes Then the game
RECOMMENDED. Hut by this time II
was ~ dark that II was impossible for
ms specrator to see what WAS happen
Ing on the gridiron. One gigantic
| form ! could discern. which took Ia
be hrthur's in the thick OF the hght.
and whehever lie threw himself against
his upronenta they gave wny. re-
marked to . girl sitting beside me
that Arthur WAS doing hercul.an
fears She gave me q singular look. n
look ! shall never forget
Don't you s-- himr asked.
Isn't that big msn driving through
those fellows Arthur"
'she give me smother Of those looks.
but made no reply
AT that moment our boys made .
iouchdOws aud Kicked goal mud
~omr one cried. The only game ever
won by ~ small n college against MI
large . ooe' Then every body arose,
and The thronx poured out Of the IN
closure.
II c0uldnt understand why ! was
looked II w strangely by all who knew
III. " ! spoke To any Of them ! was
ans wered In monosyliablcs What did
II mesu' Oae thing I missed rI
pecled 10 hear persons enthusiastically
gi Ing Arthur credit for having by his
pruwsss turned the scale In favor OF
our college His name was not men
TONED b ny friends. who surrounded
IN. md seemed 10 b~ forming y sort of
gurrd about me TO keep me from the
oth.rs.. WAen ! got home ! went np
10 ny room 10 lay aside my WRAPS
Then ny mother cnmr In. ! sSw that
.ouethins awful had happened