their center blocked me off and I had to crawl under him. I could almost reach the ball, but not quite; I touched it, I think. Then I dived across for it, knocking a couple of North Siders out of my way, and picked it up right under the nose of that fellow Wightson. My, but he was mad! Then I started down the field, and"
"What did you stop for?" asked some one puzzledly.
Fudge's modesty again asserted itself. "Well," he answered frankly, "I'm no sprinter; not built for it. I can run a long time, but I'm not fast, if you see what I mean. So I thought that if I could pass the ball to one of you fellows who was a better sprinter I'd do it. You see, it didn't matter who made the runs so long as we got the touchdown." Faint murmurs of admiration greeted this noble sentiment. Pete Farrar's countenance expressed slight amazement. It didn't sound quite like Fudge. Still, that youth's expression was so guileless that Pete concluded that perhaps, after all, Fudge was as unselfish as he pictured himself. "There was no one to take it, though," continued the hero, warming to the narrative; "and so I saw that I'd have to make the score myself. Shores was right after me,
