And Remsen went to West and besought him to induce Joel to allow him (Remsen) to ask for his reinstatement.

And this West very readily did, bringing to bear a whole host of arguments which slid off from Joel like water from a duck's back.

And Remsen groaned and shook his head, but always presented a smiling, cheerful countenance in public.

Those were hard days for the first eleven.

Despair and discouragement threatened on all sides, and, as every thoughtful one expected, there was such a slump in the practice as kept Remsen and Whipple and poor Blair awake o' nights during the next week.