Left End Edwards

Left End Edwards, by Ralph Henry Barbour

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Title: Left End Edwards
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour
Illustrator: Charles M. Relyea
Release Date: February 24, 2007 [EBook #20650]
Language: English
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LEFT END EDWARDS
[Illustration: The "Forward Pass"]

LEFT END EDWARDS
BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF
THE HALF-BACK, ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CHARLES M. RELYEA
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I FATHERS AND SONS 3
II OFF TO SCHOOL 13
III STOP THIEF! 24
IV OUT FOR BRIMFIELD! 40
V NUMBER 12 BILLINGS 51
VI CLUES! 62
VII THE CONFIDENCE-MAN 73
VIII IN THE RUBBING ROOK 86
IX BACK IN TOGS 98
X "CHEAP FOR CASH" 112
XI "HOLD 'EM, THIRD!" 125
XII CANTERBURY ROMPS ON--AND OFF 142
XIII SAWYER VOWS VENGEANCE 157
XIV A LESSON IN TACKLING 170
XV STEVE WINNOWS SOME CHAFF 182
XVI MR. DALEY IS OUT 202
XVII THE BLUE-BOOK 212
XVIII B PLUS AND D MINUS 225
XIX THE SECOND PUTS IT OVER 235
XX BLOWS ARE STRUCK 251
XXI FRIENDS FALL OUT 267
XXII STEVE GETS A SURPRISE 285
XXIII DURKIN SHEDS LIGHT 297
XXIV THE DAY BEFORE THE BATTLE 309
XXV TOM TO THE RESCUE 323
XXVI AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF 334
XXVII STEVE SMILES 346
XXVIII THE CHUMS READ A TELEGRAM 360

ILLUSTRATIONS
The "Forward Pass" Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Steve slipped on the tiling and fell sidewise into the water (page 166) 80
"Lift!" instructed the quarter-back. "Lift me up and yank my feet out from under me! Use your weight and throw me back!" 178
It was Steve, Steve on his back, with only his head and shoulders above the water 324

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CHAPTER I
FATHERS AND SONS
"Dad, what does 'Mens sana in corpore sano' mean?"
Mr. Edwards slightly lowered his Sunday paper and over the top of it frowned abstractedly at the boy on the window-seat. "Eh?" he asked. "What was that?"
"'Mens sana in corpore sano,' sir."
"Oh!" Mr. Edwards blinked through his reading glasses and rustled the paper. Finally, "For a boy who has studied as much Latin as you have," he said disapprovingly, "the question is extraordinary, to say the least. I'd advise you to--hm--find your dictionary, Steve." And Mr. Edwards again retired from sight.
Steve, cross-legged on the broad seat that filled the library bay, a seat which commanded an uninterrupted view up and down the street, smiled into the open pamphlet he held.
"He doesn't know," he said to himself with a chuckle. "It's something about your mind and your body, though. Never mind." He idly fluttered the leaves of the pamphlet and glanced out into the street to see if any friends were in sight. But it was Sunday afternoon, and rainy, and the wide, maple-bordered street, its neat artificial stone sidewalks shimmering with moisture, was quite deserted. With a sigh Steve went back to the pamphlet. It bore the inscription on the outer cover: "Brimfield Academy," and, below, in parenthesis, "William Torrence Foundation."
"What does 'William Torrence Foundation' mean, dad?" asked the boy.
Again Mr. Edwards lowered his paper, with a sigh. "It means, as you will discover for yourself if you will take the trouble to read the catalogue, that a man named William Torrence gave the money to establish the school. Now, for goodness sake, Steve, let me read in peace for a minute!"
"Yes, sir. Thank you." Steve turned the pages, glanced again at the "View of Main Building from the Lawn" and began to read. "In 1878 William Torrence, Esq., of New York City, visited his native town of Brimfield and interested the citizens in a plan to establish a school on a large tract of land at the edge of the town which had been in the Torrence family for many generations. Two years later the school was built and, under the title of Torrence Seminary, began a successful career which has lasted for thirty-two years. Under the principalship of Dr. Andrew Morey, the institution increased rapidly in usefulness, and in 1892 it was found necessary to add two wings to the original structure at a cost of $34,000, also the gift of the founder. Dr. Morey's connection with the school ended four years later, when the services of the present head, Mr. Joshua Fernald, A.M., were secured. The death of Mr. Torrence in 1897, after a long and honoured career, removed the school's greatest friend and benefactor, but, by the terms of his will, placed it beyond the reach of want for many years. With new buildings and improvements made possible by the generous provisions of the testament the school soon took