At good old Siwash . tenk Aye lak Aye skoU be riding back in it. Aye entcare for das futball game, Aye gass. It ban tu muchrunning in it. We took Ole back to town in twenty-two minutes,three chickens, a dog and a back spring. It was closeto -Q-ve oclock when he ran out on the field Muggledorfer team was still waiting. Timewas no object to them. They would only play tenminutes, but in that ten minutes Ole made threescores. Five substitutes stoqd back of either goal andasked him with great politeness to stop as he tore overthe line. And he did it. If any one else had run sixmiles betwe
At good old Siwash . tenk Aye lak Aye skoU be riding back in it. Aye entcare for das futball game, Aye gass. It ban tu muchrunning in it. We took Ole back to town in twenty-two minutes,three chickens, a dog and a back spring. It was closeto -Q-ve oclock when he ran out on the field Muggledorfer team was still waiting. Timewas no object to them. They would only play tenminutes, but in that ten minutes Ole made threescores. Five substitutes stoqd back of either goal andasked him with great politeness to stop as he tore overthe line. And he did it. If any one else had run sixmiles between halves he would have stopped a gooddeal short of the line. But as far as we could see,it hadnt winded Ole. Bost went home by himself that night after thegame, not stopping even to assure us that as a teamwe were beneath his contempt. The next afternoonhe was, if anything, a little more vitriolic than ever— but not with Ole. Toward the middle of thesignal practice he pulled himself together and touchedOle He pulled himself togetherand touched Ole gently Page 26 Ole Skjarsen^s First Touchdown 27 My dear Mr. Skjarsen/ lie said apologetically,^ if it will not annoy you too much, would you mindrunning the same way the rest of the team does ? Idont insist on it, mind you, but it looks so muchbetter to the audience, you know. Jas, said Ole; ^ Aye ban fule, Aye gass, butyu ban tu polite to say it. CHAPTEE n INITIATING OLE WEEE you ever Hamburgered by a real, livecollege fraternity? I mean, were yon everinitiated into full brotherhood by a Greek-letter so-ciety with the aid of a baseball bat, a sausage-makingmachine, a stick of dynamite and a com-sheller?Whats that ? You say you belong to the Up-to-DateWood-choppers and have taken the josh degree in theiNoble Order of Prong-Horned Wapiti? Forget arent initiations. They are rest cures. I wentinto one of those societies which give horse-play in-itiations for middle-aged daredevils last year and wasbored to death bec
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