“By Jove!” whispered Dick. “Of course he doesn’t; how could he? Thunder, how stupid of me!” He laughed softly, happily. “Trevor, old chap, we weren’t beaten! Don’t you understand? We won!” There was a second brief silence. Then-- “Won!” breathed Trevor, incredulously. “Yes, by a length and a third. I told you, don’t you remember? But you didn’t understand.” “You--you’re just saying it to--to make me feel better,” doubted Trevor. “No, honestly, chum; we won. Mr. Kirk will tell you.” “Yes, Nesbitt, we won finely; there’s no doubt about that. Listen.” From below, through the open window, came the martial strains of a band; Trevor recognized the tune; it was “Hilltonians.” And then, faintly but distinctly, came a hoarse voice: “Now, fellows! Once more! Three times three for Hillton!” The music was blotted out by a mighty cheer that arose to the starlit sky in a roar of triumph. Trevor was glad of the darkness, for there were tears in his eyes that threatened every moment to overflow; but they were tears of happiness, and somehow those didn’t count. “And--and they don’t mind that I--that I did what I did?” whispered Trevor. “They don’t hate me for it, Dick?” “Hate you!” cried Dick. “Hark!” Through the casement, a gray rectangle of twilight, the strained voice of the leader again floated: “Now, fellows! Fellows! Once more for Nesbitt, and all together! One--two----” And while the hoarse, joyful cheers responded, and the bass-drum thumped triumphantly, Trevor, with his hand tightly clasped in Dick’s, laid his head back very contentedly upon the pillow. THE END BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR The New Boy at Hilltop Illustrated in Colors, Ornamental Cloth Cover with Inlay in Colors, 12mo, $1.50. The story of a boy’s experiences at boarding school. The first chapter describes his arrival and reception by the others. The remaining chapters tell of his life on the football field, on the crew, his various scrapes and fights, school customs and school entertainments. His experiences are varied and cover nearly all the incidents of boarding school life. Winning His “Y” Illustrated in Colors, 12mo, Decorated Cloth Cover, $1.50. The scene of this story is Yardley Hall, the school made famous in “Double Play” and “Forward Pass!”; and we meet again the manly, self-reliant Dan Vinton, his young friend Gerald Pennimore, and many others of the “old boys” whose athletic achievements and other doings have been so entertainingly chronicled by Mr. Barbour. The new story is thus slightly connected with its predecessors, but will be fully as interesting to a boy who has not read them as if it were not. Double Play Illustrated in Colors, 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.