for the job; I'll owe you the rest."

When he reached the first corner the proprietor of the repair-shop was
still calling him names and shaking his fist in the air.

"Looked just like a he-witch or something," chuckled Neil, as he
propelled his steed toward the campus. "Maybe he will put a curse upon
me and my right foot will wither up and I won't be able to kick goals!"



CHAPTER X

NEIL MAKES THE VARSITY

On the 12th of October, Woodby College sent a team of light but very
fast football players to Erskine with full determination to bring back
the pigskin. And it very nearly succeeded. It was the first game of the
season for Erskine, but Woodby had already played two, and was
consequently rather more hardened. The first half ended with the score 6
to 6, and the spectators, fully three hundred supporters of the Purple,
looked glum. Neil and Paul were given their chance in the second half,
taking the places of Gillam and Smith. Many other changes were made,
among them one which installed the newly discovered Browning at left
guard vice Carey, removed to the bench.

There was no use in attempting to disguise the fact that Woodby
literally played all around the home team. Her backs gained almost at
will on end runs, and her punting was immeasurably superior. Foster, the
Erskine quarter-back, sent kick after kick high into the air, and twenty