noon
To-day was a half holiday for the Maitland Mills and the streets were noticeably full of the men and their sweethearts and wives in their Sunday clothes . Not the team , however . Maitland knew better than that . He took his men for a run in the country before noon , bringing them home in rich warm glow . Then after a bath and a hard rubdown they dined together at the mill and then their Captain ordered them home to sleep , forbidding them the streets till they were on their way to the game . On his way home Captain Jack was waylaid by his admirer and champion , Patricia . She , standing in front of his car , brought him to a halt .