o came hurtling down upon
Macnamara, this was evidently what Macnamara was waiting for. Indeed,
what he had been praying for all through the game. I saw him gather
himself, crouch low, lurch forward with shoulder well down, a wrestler's
trick--you know Macnamara was the champion wrestler of his division in
France--he caught Jumbo low. Result, a terrific catapult, and the big
Swede lay on his back some twenty feet away. Everybody thought he was
dead."

"Oh, it was perfectly lovely!" exclaimed Patricia, rapturously.

"But, my dear," said her mother, "lovely, and they thought the man was
dead!"

"Oh, but he wasn't dead. He came to. I will say he was very plucky. Then
just as they faced off, time was called. Six to six! Think of it, Mamma,
six to six! And we had been five to two at half time!"

"Six to six?" said Mrs. Templeton. "But I thought you said we won?"

"Oh, listen, Mamma, this is the most wonderful thing of the whole
match," said Adrien, trying to break in on the tornado of words from her
younger sister.

"No, let me, Adrien! I know exactly how it was done. Captain Jack
explained it to me before. It was Captain Jack's specialty. It was what
they call the double-circle. Here is the way it was worked." Patricia
sprang to her feet, arranged two chairs for goal and proceeded to
demonstrate. "You see, Mamma, in the single circle play, Captain Jack
and Snoopy come down--say Snoopy has the puck. Just as they get near the
goal Snoopy fools the back, rushes round the goal and passes to
Jack, who is standing in front ready to slip it in. But of course
the Cornwalls were prepared for the play. But that is where the
double-circle comes in. This time Geordie had the puck, with Captain
Jack immediately at his left and Snoopy further out. Well, Geordie had
the puck, you see. He rushes down and pretends to make the circle of the
goal. But this time he doesn't. He tears like mad around the goal with
the puck, Snoopy tears like mad around the goal from the other side, the
defence all rush over to the left to check them, leaving the right wide
open. Snoopy takes the ball from Geordie, rushes around the goal the
other way, Mamma, do you see?--passes back to Reddy, his partner, who
slips it in! And poor Jumbo was unable to do anything. I believe he was
still dazed from his terrible fall!"

Then Hugh breaks in: "It really was beautifully done."

"It certainly was," said Vic.

"Seven to six, Mamma, think of it! Seven to six,