Are you sleeping well ?" "Yes, sir." "Eating well ?" "Splendid appetite, sir." "Hm! I shall soon have a chance to satisfy myself on that point, Mr.Darrin.

The day after to-morrow the team goes to training table.

Have you any idea, Mr.Darrin, what is causing you to make a poorer showing ?" "I have had one very great disappointment, sir.

But I'd hate to think that a thing like that could send me stale." "Oh, a disappointment ?" "Yes, sir," Dave went on frankly.

"You see, sir, I have been looking forward, most eagerly, to meeting Prescott and downing him with the tricks that Jetson, Dalzell and I have been getting up." "Oh! Prescott of the Army team ?" "Yes, sir." "I think I heard something about his having been sent to Coventry at the Military Academy." "But, Mr.Darrin, you are not going to fail us just because the Army loses a worthy player or two ?" exclaimed Lieutenant-Commander Parker in astonishment.
"Probably that isn't what ails me, sir," Dave answered flushing.
"After all, sir, probably I'm just beginning to go stale.