stood before his goal, covered with dust, and repelled charge after charge with invincible pluck and vigor; while Hope, gallantly seconding him, repeatedly carried the ball almost to the goal of his opponents; the

superior numbers of the latter alone preventing his scoring the game.

6. The "Ins" contrived in this manner, by great exertions, to maintain the unequal contest for several minutes, until a new disaster turned the scale of battle wholly against them. Gaining possession of the ball for a moment, Morgan succeeded in kicking past Selby and Thorpe, and rushed forward in the hope of anticipating Shaw also. But the latter was the nearer of the two to the ball, as well as quicker of foot. He caught it in mid career with all the force of his kick, when he was within a few feet of his adversary; and the ball, striking Morgan full on the nose, instantly deluged his cheeks with blood, for the moment completely stunning him. Though sorely unwilling, he too was obliged to withdraw, and stanch his wounds at the school pump.

7. And now the case of the "Ins" appeared desperate indeed. They could oppose three men only to the enemy's five; and these are odds which, in such a contest as this of the "Picked Sixes," it was impossible to maintain. It lacked, however, only eight minutes to the hour, when this last mischance occurred; and the "Ins were still one game ahead.

8. After contriving to keep the "Outs" at bay, beyond all expectation, for several charges, the "Ins" were overpowered by numbers, and lost another game, thus reducing their score to a tie with that of their antagonists. "We won't give it up," said Norton to

his two comrades, as they paused after this short but desperate struggle. "We won't give it up. While there is life there is hope; and it can't lack more than three or four minutes to the hour now. Look here, Hope, do you take my place, and let me have the first kick; and do you back me up, Story, as well as you can. If I can kick it past any one of them, we may save the day yet."

9. The umpire gave the signal to recommence. Norton rushed forward, and succeeded in kicking past Hooper, whom he dashed to the ground with his left arm as he passed. But Shaw, perceiving their plan, now threw himself directly in his way; and the two leaders, meeting with a crash, fell to the ground, every particle of breath, for the moment, being driven out of their bodies. Harry Story sprang over the fallen giants, and was met in like fashion by Selby, both champions rolling over without advantage to either side.

10. "Now for it, Thorpe! Hurrah, Thorpe!" shouted the "Outs," as the boy named, springing forward unopposed, drove the ball forward with a force which sent it nearly to the end of the field, where Hope now stood alone. Thorpe rushed forward to follow up his kick, Bell and Hooper succeeding him at intervals to make sure of the victory. But at this moment Hope, rushing forward, caught the flying ball in his hands. Nimbly evading the approach of Thorpe, he ran with it still tightly clasped in his embrace; he broke away from

Bell, who attempted to seize him, and had more than passed the middle of the lists before he was arrested by Hooper.

11. A furious struggle now commenced: Hooper and Bell endeavoring to tear the ball from his grasp, and Hope retaining it with the most determined pluck. All three soon came to the ground, and rolled over one another in wild confusion, amid the deafening shouts of the favorers of either party. But Thorpe had now reached the spot, and the unequal contest could no longer be maintained. The ball was wrenched from Hope's grasp, and Thorpe, poising it in his hands, was about to launch it into the air, securing thereby the victory to the "Ins," when the deep tones of the minster clock came pealing over the meadows; and the voice of the umpire was heard shouting aloud, "Time up! Ten games for the 'Ins,' and ten for the 'Outs.' The match is drawn."

12. So ended the most evenly contested and exciting football match ever played at Barford Bridge.

LANGUAGE STUDY.

I. Write the analysis of: anticipate (capere); spectator (specere); continue (tenere); casualty (cadere); perceive (capere); repel (pellere); invincible (vincere); prevent (venire).

II. In paragraph 5, select a simple sentence; a complex sentence; a compound sentence.

III. Copy, substituting synonyms for the Italicised words: "The attention of the boys was speedily drawn to a new crisis in the game, which was now approaching its end."

62.-The Mean Side of Napoleon's Character.

eǎl-eu-la'tion, scheming for effect. | per-fid'i-oŭs, faithless.

ea-reer', course of life.

e-elät' (e-klä'), splendor and ap plause.

in-eŏg ́ni-to, unknown, disguised.

sen-si-bil'i-ty, tenderness of feeling.

stip-u-la'tion, predetermined forbearance.

PREPARATORY NOTES.

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(1) constituents; i.e., his French supporters. (2) Kellermann . . Bernadotte ... Junot (zhụ-nō'), three of Bonaparte's marshals. — (3) Moniteurs; i.e., issues of Bonaparte's official newspaper of that name. — (3) his lonely island: i.e., the island of St. Helena, to which, after his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was banished by the British, and where he afterwards died. (6) Duroc, another of Napoleon's generals. — (9) Scamp Jupiter: Jupiter, in the Roman mythology, was chief among the gods. This epithet means, then, that Bonaparte was as knavish as he was powerful.

1. Napoleon had the virtues of the masses of his constituents: he had also their vices. I am sorry that the brilliant picture has its reverse. But that is the fatal quality which we discover in our pursuits of wealth, that it is treacherous, and is bought by the breaking or weakening of the sentiments; and it is inevitable that we should find the same fact in the history of this champion, who proposed to himself simply a brilliant career, without any stipulation or scruple concerning the means.

2. Napoleon was singularly destitute of generous sentiments. The highest-placed individual in the most cultivated age and population of the world, he has