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Title: On the school team
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Earl, John Prescott
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Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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he quarterback ! Say, lets take him over and show himthe list! cried Hunt. 62 On the School Team Make him read it out loud! Hes beenso hawful unable-minded, Shorty sug-gested. Action followed this proposal with nobreathing space between. Bob found him-self wedged into a crowd of laughing, jokingboys and borne along toward Centre Hallwith no chance to dodge and run. Therethe throng about the bulletin board gave waygrinning, on the approach of Bobs party.The boys marched him up to a positiondirectly in front of Gids posted list andhalted. Bobs eyes fell at his first glance ona line half way down the sheet of paper. Quarterback—R. Farrar. Read, came the command. Bob laughed. Want to hear it all? heasked good-naturedly. Whole thing, Hunt ordered. Not asyllable left out on pain of doing it again. Thought maybe you were interested injust one line. Bobs tone was unruffled. Never mind what you thought wethought, Bobby, my son, said Shorty. Goahead. Bob started in his best oratorical manner.
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READ, CAME THE COMMAND THE SK\V PUBLIC LIBKAKY A8TOR. LENOX ANDTILDKN FOUNDATIONSB On the School Team 63 He declaimed down to Centre—G. Sloane,and went on through the quarterback with-out a change of muscle. Repeat, commanded the boys. From the beginning ? No, that line. Bob repeated. Again. Bob did so. Once more. Bob finished the list, still cool. Know whos going to play quarter now,Bobby? With a quick lunge Bob sent Shorty sprawl-ing against his neighbors. I know a little fellow who cant seem tokeep his feet, he remarked. Getting upearly makes him wobbly. Whats more, if itwants any dinner to-day Id advise this crowdto hustle. There was a scramble for the door. Shortyran his arm through Bobs. Youre wrong,B. F., he said. Its just set me on my feet,financially, getting up this once. It wasmoney in my pocket. Hear it rattle?Shorty jingled some change gayly. But 64 On the School Team never again—never again will you see Shortydoing the lion act for the menagerie.1 How much ? asked Bo

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