Barry Locke, half-back

BARRY LOCKE ARRIVES Barry didn’t wait for the conductor’s announcement. He was at the car door before the little Connecticut village came into sight. There was a glimpse of South ...

JONES LENDS A HAND The frog’s name was Antonio, explained the boy in the bath-robe as he and Barry began the search. He had been having his supper――that is, Antonio had――when Mrs....

BARRY MAKES A PURCHASE That forenoon, Clyde conscientiously performed his duties as guide, counselor, and friend, smoothing Barry’s path and sharing with him the wisdom of one who...

“PUP NIGHT” Barry, protesting, would have taken the dust-cloth from Betty, but the latter shook her head and went vigorously and proficiently at the task. “We’ve got some furnitu...

FESSENDEN FIDDLES But it appeared that Jones had spoiled the party. Silence fell. Even Fessenden grew quiet. Then some one laughed awkwardly and the spell was broken. “Well,” sai...

“PEACHES” Barry settled down to school routine and in the course of a few days made several discoveries. One was that he would have to study a good deal harder than he had studied...

DRAFTED Barry saw Clyde daily. Clyde seemed to expect it and Barry was anxious that their friendship shouldn’t wane. That it was in danger of waning was evident, not through the d...

WITH THE SQUAD There was one person even more surprised at the addition of Barry to the football squad than Barry himself. That person was Clyde Allen. Barry felt that Clyde wasn’...

BARRY SHOWS HIS STUFF It wasn’t until Friday that Barry had further speech with Major Loring. For three afternoons he had been drilled in the rudiments and had not got into signal...

STATION W.L.L.O. BROADCASTS Mill’s room was quite full at the appointed hour. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle and Betty had come with Peaches and Toby. Mrs. Anderson, a plump, good-natured lady...

MURRAY SCHOOL THREATENS Friday was a day of leisure for many of the squad. The afternoon’s proceedings began with a blackboard lecture in the gymnasium which all attended, but aft...

CLYDE ASKS A FAVOR Over at the Broadmoor bench Major Loring sprang to his feet, sent his gaze along the line of huddled forms, and called, “Locke!” Startled, Barry pushed his head...

BETTY CONFIDES Twenty minutes later Barry left Dawson Hall and made his way thoughtfully toward the gate. The quiet usually following a midday Sunday dinner lay heavily over the c...

BARRY SEEKS ADVICE After a moment’s silence Peaches asked soberly: “What’s happened?” Barry looked out of the window. “I just decided I’d better quit,” he replied, elaborately c...

CLYDE LOSES HIS TEMPER To Barry’s palpable disappointment, the Major was at home. He occupied two rooms in Mr. Banks’s residence, directly across the road from the school grounds,...

MR. BENJY LOSES INTEREST Barry awoke the next morning in a rather depressed mood, for which the weather was not wholly to blame. Outside the window the rain was pouring in torrent...

CLYDE APOLOGIZES Practice was long and hard, that Wednesday afternoon, and Barry got back to the house somewhat tuckered and discouraged. Things hadn’t gone any too well with him ...

UNDER COVER Peaches told his story while Barry dressed. “I’d like to lay stress on my superior intelligence,” he said, “but truth compels me to acknowledge, Barry, that luck had ...

session, he worked out with Ike Boardman’s squad during signal-practice and did a lot of punting. All of which signified that the Major was not considering him as a serious contend...

THE NEW TYPEWRITER Peaches went toward the back of the house, while Barry ascended the stairs. It was fully five minutes later when the murmur of voices in the dining-room ceased ...

THE OLD DESK REPAYS KINDNESS “Did you find him?” asked Peaches, carelessly. “Find who?” asked Barry, perplexed. “Mister Moth.” “Oh! Yes, I let him out.” Peaches seated himself...

A MYSTERY SOLVED Returning five minutes later, Peaches thrust his head in at Barry’s door, with strange results. An agitated youth rushed upon him, waving a large sheet of paper. ...

UP THE MOUNTAIN Altogether, that was a hectic day. Barry didn’t accompany the others to Watkins and Boyle’s after dinner, for Major Loring made a change in his plans and called th...

EVEN-STEVEN “You’d better stay out here a minute,” said Barry, “and get your breath.” Clyde, seated on the platform, his back against the car, nodded silently. His lungs still fo...

“LOCKE BACK!” “Hoskins’s ball!” The referee, having waded knee-deep in the pile-up of writhing players, placed the pigskin on the visitors’ twenty-seven yards and skipped aside. “...

ZO PLAYS Mr. Banks kept Zo at his violin lesson later than the latter had feared he would, and it was nearly three o’clock when the boy reached the field and, not without difficul...

THE RIGHT SORT Time was called and both teams ministered to casualties. Major Loring seized the opportunity to take out Demille and substitute Logan. Hoskins called in a new left ...