. St. Nicholas [serial] . rygoal, and twice it was stop-ped by one of the goal-keepers and sent flying intothe middle of the field, wherethe opposing forces fell uponit in fierce battle for suprem-acy. At last Billy Durant,a wiry, active lad, succeededin stealing the ball fromunder the sticks of half adozen who were fighting forit, and sent it obliquely across the field and prove it, too. So we would if we were nt short-against the stone wall. handed this afternoon. Tommy Wines, in solitary confinement in the What do you mean by short-handed ? school-room, brightened up as the yells of the ask
. St. Nicholas [serial] . rygoal, and twice it was stop-ped by one of the goal-keepers and sent flying intothe middle of the field, wherethe opposing forces fell uponit in fierce battle for suprem-acy. At last Billy Durant,a wiry, active lad, succeededin stealing the ball fromunder the sticks of half adozen who were fighting forit, and sent it obliquely across the field and prove it, too. So we would if we were nt short-against the stone wall. handed this afternoon. Tommy Wines, in solitary confinement in the What do you mean by short-handed ? school-room, brightened up as the yells of the asked Mr. Sinclair, putting aside his book andvictors were borne to his ears, and observed to walking over to the Sinclair, who was in charge of the room at Why, they ve lost me, have nt they ? saidthe time : Tommy. Mr. Sinclair made no reply, and after That s a goal for our side, sir. a minute or two of silence the boy continued: Why do you say our side? queried Mr. Please, Mr. Sinclair, may I sit nearer the win-. THE HUMILIATING DEFEAT WAS VIEWED BY SINCLAIR AND TOMMY FROM THE SCHOOL-ROOM WINDOW. (SEE NEXT PACE.) i892.; THE DISPUTED SHINNY MATCH. 541 dow ? The light is so bad here I cant see tostudy my algebra. The teacher smiled as he gave the desiredpermission, and then opened the window andstood looking out at the game. The fact thatthe boys of his own house were playing againsttheir rivals had aroused his interest, and so hecontinued standing with his back to his pupil,and looking through the wide-open window —for the afternoon was sunny and warm — at thespirited contest. Remember, thats one goal each! shoutedClemens, as he raised his stick to open the thirdgame. This time the goal was won in less thanthree minutes. Indeed the ball seemed to makeslow, steady progress from the moment Clemenslifted it high in air with one of his strong, swing-ing blows, until English, with a quick, cunningstroke, snatched it away from Jack Dalton andsent it spinning over the sto
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