And on top of that warning Paul had received one afternoon a printed
postal card, filled in here and there with the pen, which was
as follows:

"Erskine College, _November 4, 1901_.

"Mr. Paul Gale.

"Dear Sir: You are requested to call on the Dean, Tuesday, November 5th,
during the regular office hours.

"Yours respectfully,

"Ephraim Levett, _Dean_."

Paul obeyed the mandate with sinking heart. When he left the office it
was with a sensation of intense relief and with a resolve to apply
himself so well to his studies as to keep himself and the Dean
thereafter on the merest bowing acquaintance. And he was, thus far,
living up to his resolution; but as less than a week had gone by,
perhaps his self-gratulation was a trifle early. It may be that Cowan
also was forced to confer with the Dean at about that time, for he too
showed an unusual application to text-books, and as a result he and Paul
saw each other less frequently.

On November 6th, one week after Neil's accident and just two weeks prior
to the Robinson game, Erskine played Arrowden, and defeated her 11-0.
Neil, however, did not witness that contest, for, at the invitation of
and in company with Devoe, he journeyed to Collegetown and watched