talk up Smith as a captain and to vote against Hess, as he is captain of the foot-ball team. The only idea that I could get from his plan talk, was that he was awful sore at Hess for some reason or other, and wanted to humiliate him before the fellows: - he said that in so many words.  Bill agreed to nominate Hess, while I said nothing either way. After I had left them, I paid little attention to such a scheme for I never thought that anyone would fall in with such a plan, except perhaps a few.
     At noon on the way to school, I got talking to Bill about it, who had changed his sentiments too, and we both decided to vote for Hess. After school I found out how much damage had been done; I asked Bud if Day had been talking to him and he replied merely that he certainly wouldn’t vote for Hess. Then I started my quixote campaign to turn the tide in favor of Hess.  I appealed to Bud’s sense of honor, which didn’t go, so I appealed to his sense of humor, and to his reason (I wonder if Bud has much) but was firm against Hess. Then we got to talking to Heckler and Windle, both of whom began talking against Hess. With noble spirit we laid bare Day’s foul plot. They were