Dreer thought of flight, but it looked hopeless. Besides, a remnant of
pride counselled him to bluster it out rather than run away. He
laughed, not very successfully. “Two against one, eh? Wait till fellows
hear about it! You won’t dare show your faces, you two thugs!” Again his
gaze travelled along the empty, sunlit road. “Anyway, I didn’t say
anything I didn’t have a right to say. You asked me what I thought and I
told you. You–you made me say it!”

“What a horrible pun,” mourned Amy. “Say, suppose we drop in on Jack
Innes?”

Amy the towel
Amy and Holt shook hands across the net and Clint, hobbling up, tossed
Amy the towel. “Got a conundrum for you, Amy,” he said. “Want to
hear it?”

Clint shook his head sorrowfully. “Sounds even louder to me,” he said.

was a lot farther off than he said it was and that the road turned to
the left again after we got off it
“The way I figure it,” replied Clint thoughtfully, “is that the trolley
was a lot farther off than he said it was and that the road turned to
the left again after we got off it. One thing is certain, and that is
that if we haven’t crossed it it must be in front of us somewhere, and
the only thing to do is keep on going.”

he heard Amy’s impassioned voice behind him
Clint got out and as he made his way across to the second team gridiron
he heard Amy’s impassioned voice behind him.

Morgan’s School was a stranger
What annoyed Brimfield Academy most about that beating was the fact that
Morgan’s School was a stranger. Being defeated in early season was
nothing to be sore about; it happened every year, sometimes several
times; and the score of 6 to 3 was far from humiliating; but to be
defeated by a team that no one had ever heard about was horribly
annoying. Of course Tracey Black insisted to all who would listen that
Morgan’s, instead of being unknown to fame, was in reality a strong team
with a fine record behind it and an enviable reputation in its own part
of the world. But Tracey didn’t convince anyone, I think, and the school
continued to be disgruntled for the better part of a week, or possibly
until the Varsity went away the following Saturday and won a clean-cut
victory from Benton Military Academy. Last year the two schools had
played a no-score tie game and consequently the Maroon-and-Grey’s
victory this year was more appreciated.

of warning, and Penny, Clint and Dreer, the latter exhibiting an evident
desire to efface himself, stared in surprise for a moment
The instructor and the physical director had approached without a sound
of warning, and Penny, Clint and Dreer, the latter exhibiting an evident
desire to efface himself, stared in surprise for a moment. And at the
same time Beaufort, raising himself weakly on one elbow, gazed
bewilderedly from Penny to the faces of the newcomers.