CHAPTER VIII.
THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
It was Saturday afternoon.

The day was bright and sunny, and in the shelter of the grand stand on the campus, where the little east wind could not rustle, it was comfortably warm.

The grass still held much of its summer verdancy, and the sky overhead was as deeply blue as on the mildest spring day.

After a week of dull or stormy weather yesterday and to-day, with their fair skies, were as welcome as flowers in May, and gladness and light-heartedness were in the very air.
On the gridiron Westvale Grammar School and Hillton Academy were trying conclusions.

On the grand stand all Hillton, academy and village, was assembled, and here and there a bright dress or wrap indicated the presence of a mother or sister in the throng.