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" Go on, Gramp," said Dick at last, as Gramp 

 sat staring into vacancy, his mind evidently intent 

 on visions of the past ; " tell us about the game 

 of '42, when you played." 



"Oh yes, Dick, where was I?" said Gramp. 

 "I know now, it was about the game of '39. 

 Well, naturally this created a good deal of feeling 

 between the schools, and the games were stopped 

 for a year or so. Then the doctors of the town, 

 aided by the druggists, the dealers in artificial 

 limbs, glass eyes, and false teeth, the dentists, 

 and the undertakers, all signed a petition to the 

 faculty of both schools to allow the game to be 

 played as usual, stipulating that they would use 

 their influence with the students to have a more 

 open game played. 



"The undertakers rather objected to this, as 

 they got their profit out of the fatalities, but 

 finally it was brought about that the game of '42 

 was played on the campus in front of the Exeter 

 school. 



"Well, as I was saying, Dickie," continued 

 Gramp, "that game with Andover beat every- 

 thing so far. People came from all over the coun- 

 try. They crowded the windows and housetops. 

 Andover had her strongest eleven on the field. 

 There were some very peculiar looking men in 

 the Andover line, who attracted much attention 

 by their enormous muscular development. We 



