On the way that youth surprised Neil by his intelligent discussion and criticism of the game he had just watched.
"How on earth did you get to know so much about football ?" asked Neil.
"You talk like a varsity coach." "Do I ?" said Sydney, flushing with pleasure.

"I--I always liked the game, and I've studied it quite a bit and watched it all I could.

Of course, I can never play, but I get a good deal of enjoyment out of it.
Sometimes"-- his shyness returned momentarily and he hesitated--"sometimes I make believe that I'm playing, you know; put myself, in imagination, in the place of one of the team.

To-day I--to-day I was you," he added with a deprecatory laugh.
"You don't say ?" cried Neil.

Then the pathos of it struck him and he was silent a moment.