The High School Freshmen; or, Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports

Produced by Jim Ludwig
THE HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMEN or Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports
By H. Irving Hancock
CHAPTERS I. The High School Sneak II. Dick & Co. After the School Board's Scalps III. Not So Much of a Freshman IV. Captain of the Hounds V. The Muckers and the Gentleman VI. Fred Offers to Solve the Locker Mystery VII. Dick's Turn to Get a Jolt VIII. Only a Suspended Freshman Now IX. Laura Bentley is Wide Awake X. Tip Scammon Talks—-But Not Enough XI. The Welcome With a Big W XII. Dick & Co. Give Football a New Boost XIII. The Oath of the Dub XIV. On the Gridiron with Cobber Second XV. Gridley Faces Disaster XVI. The Fake Kick, Two Ways XVII. Dick's Find Makes Gridley Shiver XVIII. Fred Slides into the Freeze XIX. Dick & Co. Show Some Team Work XX. Out for That Toboggan XXI. Thanks Served with Hate XXII. The Only Freshman at the Senior Ball XXIII. The Nitroglycerine Mystery Speaks Up XXIV. The Capture of the Bank Robbers XXV. Conclusion
I say you did! cried Fred Ripley, hotly. Dick Prescott's cheeks turned a dull red as he replied, quietly, after swallowing a choky feeling in his throat:
I have already told you that I did not do it.
Then who did do the contemptible thing? insisted Ripley, sneeringly.
Fully forty boys, representing all the different classes at the Gridley High School, stood looking on at this altercation in the school grounds. Half a dozen of the girls, too, hovered in the background, interested, or curious, though not venturing too close to what might turn out to be a fight in hot blood.
If I knew, rejoined Dick, in that same quiet voice, in which one older in the world's ways might have detected the danger-signal, I wouldn't tell you.
Bah! jeered Fred Ripley, hotly.
Perhaps you mean that you don't believe me? said Prescott inquiringly.
I don't! laughed Ripley, shortly, bitterly.