CHAPTER I

.--HEROES IN MOLESKIN II.--PAUL CHANGES HIS MIND III.--IN NEW QUARTERS IV.--NEIL MAKES ACQUAINTANCES V.--AND SHOWS HIS METTLE VI.--MILLS, HEAD COACH VII.--THE GENTLE ART OF HANDLING PUNTS VIII.--THE KIDNAPING IX.--THE BROKEN TRICYCLE X.--NEIL MAKES THE VARSITY XI.--THE RESULT OF A FUMBLE XII.--ON THE HOSPITAL LIST XIII.--SYDNEY STUDIES STRATEGY XIV.--MAKES A CALL XV.--AND TELLS OF A DREAM XVI.--ROBINSON SENDS A PROTEST XVII.--A PLAN AND A CONFESSION XVIII.--NEIL is TAKEN OUT XIX.--ON THE EVE OF BATTLE XX.--COWAN BECOMES INDIGNANT XXI.--THE "ANTIDOTE" IS ADMINISTERED XXII.--BETWEEN THE HALVES XXIII.--NEIL GOES IN XXIV.--AFTER THE BATTLE

LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS

A critical moment (frontispiece)

Getting settled

The vine swayed at every strain

Hiding his face, he cried for help

"I guess you've broken down," said Neil

Mills studied the diagram in silence

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