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in spite of this suddenness. When by an unfortunate accident our team was deprived of its captain's leadership upon the field, it became necessary for some one to take his place, or at least to transmit his orders.

Who does i' the wars more than his captain can
Becomes his captain's captain,—

and I am going to call on Frank Windsor, who served as his captain's captain, to tell us how the game was won."

Amidst loud applause Mr. Eldredge sat down, and Frank Windsor rose. In spite of all his previous bravado about this experience, he was blushing most uneasily, and no sooner did he begin to speak than perspiration gathered on his forehead. He looked steadily down at his plate, and talked in a low tone and in very mixed, incoherent sentences.

Harry could not help feeling a superior satisfaction, as Frank went on stammering out his undigested thoughts. He himself would shine all the more by contrast.

Frank ended with a lame tribute to Rupert, and after repeating it twice in an attempt to