. The rival pitchers; a story of college baseball . r suit ofmine! But the knight of the goose and needle insistedthat the professors clothes had been sent home,and that was all there was to it. Mr. Tines couldnot go to the reception, and, as it was an importantaffair, where nearly all of the faculty was expectedto be present, he was grievously disappointed. When all was quiet that night a party of stu-dents, including Sid and Tom, stole out to the cam-pus. They worked quickly and silently. There! exclaimed Sid, when all was rather guess that will astonish him I In the morning the a
. The rival pitchers; a story of college baseball . r suit ofmine! But the knight of the goose and needle insistedthat the professors clothes had been sent home,and that was all there was to it. Mr. Tines couldnot go to the reception, and, as it was an importantaffair, where nearly all of the faculty was expectedto be present, he was grievously disappointed. When all was quiet that night a party of stu-dents, including Sid and Tom, stole out to the cam-pus. They worked quickly and silently. There! exclaimed Sid, when all was rather guess that will astonish him I In the morning the attention of most of the col-lege students, and several of the faculty, was at-tracted to a throng of passersby staring up at theflagstaff. They would halt, point upward, makesome remarks, and then, laughing, pass on. Someone called the attention of Dr. Churchill to it. Why, bless my soul! he exclaimed as he pre-pared to go out. I hope none of the students haveput the flag at half mast or upside down. He put on his far-seeing spectacles, and walked. DR. CHURCHILL HAD TO TURN HIS FACE AWAY—Page 222 TOM IN A GAME 221 out on the campus. There, at the top of the pole,was a figure which looked like a man, with out-stretched arms. What student has dared climb up there? ex-claimed the head of the college. Send for at once, he added to Professor Newton, whohad accompanied him. He must be severely pun-ished—the venturesome student, I mean. I hardly think that is a student, replied Do you mean to say it is some outsider? :I think it is no one at all, Dr. Churchill. I be-lieve it is an effigy. See how stiff the arms andlegs are. I believe you are right, admitted the venerabledoctor. His belief was confirmed a moment later, for afarmer, who was driving along the river road, lefthis team, and came up the campus, a broad smilecovering his face. Good-morning, Dr. Churchill, he said. Isthis a new course in eddercation youre givin theboys? Ah, good-morning, Mr. Oakes. What
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