EUSTACE 'WILLIRMS I LIBRARY UMVEKSITro C*UFOIW, A SAN DIEGO THE SUBSTITUTE QUARTERBACK MEN TUMBLING OVER EACH OTHER." THE SUBSTITUTE QUARTERBACK BY EUSTICE WILLIAMS AUTHOR OF "THAT KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN," ETC. Hlustrntrt bu L. J. BRIDGMAN BOSTON DANA ESTES & COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1900 BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY Colonial Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U.S.A. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF Captain IMtlliam N. THOUGH GONE TO THE GREAT BEYOND, HE STILL LIVES IN OUR HEARTS. THE INFLUENCE OF HIS LOFTY EXAMPLE, THE RESULT OF HIS LIFE'S GREAT WORK, CAN NEVER PASS AWAY. THEY ARE RICH AND ENDURING LEGACIES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE "MEN TUMBLING OVER EACH OTHER" . Frontispiece " A GENERAL BATTLE BEGAN " .... 23 " ' YOU DIRTY DOGS ! ' " 56 THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER 71 " ' THEY KNOW YOUR SIGNALS ! '" . . . .92 " THE DOOR WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOCKED FROM ITS HINGES" . . . . . . .126 "