Ralph Henry Barbour

Danforth Plays the Game Ralph Henry Barbour

Oh, see the pretty little boy! Is the pretty little boy going to play football? The pretty little boy is going to play football-per-haps!"The speaker, one of four youths seated on the grass near the side line, chuckled as the subject of his humor turned inquiringly."What will happen to the pretty little boy and his nice clean trousers and his beautiful red jersey?" continued another of the quartette, adopting the first speaker's sing-song style. "Oh, please, teacher, I'd rather not say! It will be a perfect shame, will it not?""It will not!" responded a third youth promptly and emphatically. The boys laughed enjoyably, unaffected by the fact that the "pretty little boy" was viewing them doubtfully, uncomfortably from the distance of a dozen yards away.