CHAPTER XIV.
THE "STRATEGY" OF A SCHOOL TRAITOR "Rah! rah! _Gri-i-idley_!" Again and again the whole of the rousing, inspiring High School yell smote the air.
It was but a little after noon on Saturday.
It seemed as though two thirds of the school, including most of the girls, had come down to the railway station to see the High School eleven off on its way to Tottenville.

That city was some thirty miles away from Gridley, but there was a noon express train that went through in forty minutes.
Coach Morton and Captain Wadleigh had rounded up the whole of the school team.

All of the subs were there.

The coach and members of the team were at no expense in the matter, since their expenses were to be paid out of the gate receipts of the home eleven.
To many of the boys and girls of Gridley High School, however, the affair bore a different look.

The round trip by rail would cost each of these more than a dollar, with another fifty cents to pay for a seat on the grand stand at Tottenville.
Hence, despite the fine representation of High School young folks at the railway station, not all of them were so fortunate as to look forward to going to the game.
In addition to those of the young people who could go, there were more than three hundred grown-ups who had bought tickets.