now for my great idea. I will take you both into my
confidence. I am going to drive Mrs. Macgregor to the match to-morrow."

"Splendid!" exclaimed Betty. "And I'll go with you. But how can you
persuade her?"

"I have thought about that," said Helen. "We'll ask Mr. Brown to drive
around with us a little before, and I'm sure she will go."

"Will you allow me to join the party?" humbly asked Lloyd, "or is there
someone else?"

"Oh," said Betty, "we are sure to need somebody, and you will do as
well as any other."

In obedience to an invitation conveyed by Lloyd, Brown appeared at the
Fairbanks house in the early morning. Eagerly the young ladies
propounded their plan. At once Brown entered heartily into it, and
calling with them in the afternoon persuaded the old lady that she
ought to attend the great match, emphasising especially the fact that
Shock would be delighted to see her there, and would be stimulated to
do his very best by her presence.

"It will likely be his last game, too," urged Brown.

This finally decided the matter, and so it turned out that perhaps the
most enthusiastic, and certainly the most picturesque, of all the
groups that surrounded the campus next day was that which filled the
Fairbanks carriage, consisting of two young ladies, an elegantly
attired young man, and a quaint, plainly dressed, but undeniably
dignified, old lady.

II

VARSITY VERSUS McGILL

It is a glorious autumn day. The smoky air with just a nip of the
coming frost in it hangs still over the trees, through whose bare tops
and interlacing boughs the genial sunlight falls in a golden glory upon
the grass below. The nip in the air, the golden light, the thrilling
uncertainty of the coming match, the magnitude of the issue at stake,
combine to raise the ardour of football enthusiasts to the highest
pitch.

The record of each team is unique. Each has gone through the
championship series without a single reverse. Perhaps never in their
history have both universities been more worthily represented than by
the teams that are to contest to-day the championship of the Dominion.

The McGill men are the first to appear on the campus, and are welcomed
with loud and generous cheers, which are, however, redoubled upon the
appearance of the 'Varsity champions.

Many eyes are turned upon the Fairbanks carriage. The young ladies are
well known in University circles; but the quaint old lady, looking so
handsome in spite of