Wildly Baxter cheered, yelling and waving their banners, as Bronson sent the ball spinning between the goal posts. Desperately, Landon strove to hammer their way through the lighter line of their opponents. But Fred resorted to a kicking game, and Bronson's long spirals ever kept the Baxter goal out of danger. With only three minutes more to play, and the ball his, Fred again signalled for it to be passed to him, and carried it to the twenty-yard line. "Hold now! Bronson's going to drop a goal from the field!" whispered the acting captain to his men. "I'm going to signal for an end play, but Clothespin will kick." Confused by such tactics, the Landon players did not know where the ball was going, and, in consequence, Bronson received it, dropped back, and, with a beautiful punt, sent it sailing toward the goal posts before the visiting players were upon him. Discouraged, the Landon men lined up for the kick off. But while the ball was in the air, the whistle blew--and the game was over--won by Baxter for the first time in six years. "Fine, Fred, fine!" cried several of his friends. "The best ever!" said Margie, and gave her hero a look that meant a great deal. "I must get home--I want to find out what is happening," said Fred to the girl, and broke away from his fellow players and the others as soon as possible. When Fred arrived home, he found Mr. Bronson there, along with his father. "Charlie Gibbs has confessed to forging that check!" cried Mr. Markham. "And he has also confessed to altering the deed." "And what of Mr. Montgomery?" asked the son quickly. "When we went to the bank he at first put up a great front," replied Mr. Bronson. "But I soon showed him what authority I possessed, and then he agreed to get out at once, provided he was not prosecuted. On account of his family, your father has decided not to prosecute him." "Well, I am glad of that," said Fred, and he thought of Alice Montgomery and how she had befriended him. "My name has been completely cleared," said Mr. Markham, with much pride in his voice. "I shall start again in business here--at the old stand." "And I guess the Gibbs place will be shut up," said Fred. "It is shut up already, and the officers of the law are in possession," answered the lawyer. "He overstepped himself as soon as he went to the city and tried to borrow money under a false name." At the wish of Mrs. Baxter, Mr. Bronson had been elected president of the bank. A complete investigation revealed many crooked things done by Mr. Montgomery, and he was glad enough to leave town, taking his whole family with him. Later on, it was learned by Fred that Alice had left the others, and, working her way through college, became a teacher in a young ladies' seminary. Bart drifted West and then to Alaska, and that was the last heard of him. Charlie Gibbs was sent to prison for a term of five years.