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ht at seven. I want you to get the signals well in mind and especially some new plays. That is all." The coach turned abruptly and left the locker room. McCabe and Judd stood eyeing each other, the news seeming too good to be true. Finally McCabe broke the trance by running across and thumping Judd joyfully. "What did I tell you?" he shouted, "And it's my first chance in four years!" CHAPTER XVI BEFORE THE GAME Wednesday night, the eve of the coming contest with the mighty Pennington eleven, found Bartlett college in a state of wild confusion and excitement. The campus was lined with students and returning alumni, some of the latter having come hundreds of miles just to see the unbeaten elevens clash. News from the village of Tarlton announced every hotel and place of accommodation to be over-crowded with visitors, friends, relatives, and alumni, waiting for the morrow. A delegation of students had been busy all day collecting empty dry goods boxes, odd pieces of wood, limbs of trees, and what not for the creating of a large bonfire should Bartlett be victorious. All this refuse was concealed behind one of the dormitories ready to be dragged out and placed in the center of the campus pending a successful termination of the game. Judd and Cateye watched the throngs jostling back and forth across the campus from their window in the dormitory. The football men had been given strict orders not to mingle with the crowd and to retire early. The two chums felt rather awed by the spirit of the occasion and the significance of the morrow. For a long time they sat side by side listening to the college yells and songs drifting up to them from below. Although a veteran football man, Cateye was deeply affected by the display of enthusiasm and college spirit. "What a wonderful thing it all is," he found himself musing aloud. "What all is?" inquired Judd. "Why,--this college spirit." "Hump!" breathed Judd, lightly, "I thought you was talkin' about some patent medicine." The careless reply and Judd's former actions caused Cateye to wonder if college spirit really meant anything to the rube. Cateye knew Judd to be intensely loyal to his friends and wished that his chum might show that same sense of loyalty to his college or team. After a fifteen minute silence Judd began to show signs of restlessness which Cateye wrongly interpreted. "Nervous?" he asked, softly, throwing an arm about
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