Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net AROUND THE END BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR. Around the End. The Junior Trophy. Change Signals! For Yardley. Finkler’s Field. Winning His “Y.” The New Boy at Hilltop. Double Play. Forward Pass! The Spirit of the School. Four in Camp. Four Afoot. Four Afloat. The Arrival of Jimpson. Behind the Line. Captain of the Crew. For the Honor of the School. The Half-Back. On Your Mark. Weatherby’s Inning. D. APPLETON & COMPANY, NEW YORK. [Illustration: “To the right, off the port bow of the launch, a hulking shadow took shape.”] AROUND THE END [Illustration] _By_ RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF “THE HALF-BACK,” “CHANGE SIGNALS,” “FORWARD PASS,” ETC. [Illustration] NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1913 Copyright, 1913, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE FIRST SCRIMMAGE 1 II. THE RABBIT AND THE DUKE 12 III. COTTON TRIES FOOTBALL 28 IV. AT SOUND VIEW 45 V. LOST IN THE FOG 57 VI. THE RESCUE 64 VII. GERALD MAPS A CAMPAIGN 79 VIII. COTTON MAKES A WAGER 93 IX. HARRY SCENTS A MYSTERY 107 X. THE SPY 123 XI. BROADWOOD IS FOILED 138 XII. COTTON MEETS A FRIEND 150 XIII. THE DUKE STARTS SOMETHING 160 XIV. KIRK EXACTS A PROMISE 177 XV. THE NEWS PREDICTS DEFEAT 190 XVI. COTTON WRITES A LETTER 200 XVII. A FUMBLE 209 XVIII. KENDALL GOES BACK 220 XIX. 9-6 229 XX. HARRY REMEMBERS 241 XXI. KENDALL MAKES A SPEECH 254 XXII. TWO SHEETS OF BUFF PAPER 267 XXIII. “NO GOAL!” 278 XXIV. AROUND THE END 290 XXV. KENDALL IS MISTAKEN 299 XXVI. GERALD IS SURPRISED 312 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE “To the right, off the port bow of the launch, a hulking shadow took shape.” _Frontispiece_ “The boy dropped to the floor and squirmed quickly from sight.” 18