ALICE HAS A CHANCE
The four chums were certainly regarded as the heroes of the school that day, for they had been instrumental in winning a victory that went down in the history of the institution as a most brilliant one.
“I didn’t know you had it in you, Stumpy,” said Ned, as the nine reached the high school grounds on the return trip.
“Me either,” replied Fenn. “It sort of ‘growed,’ like Topsy in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
“To think of beating the Preps,” murmured Bart. “It’s the finest thing that ever happened.”
“How’s your wrist, Lem?” asked Frank.
“Hurts like the mischief. Sandy came down on it with all his force.”
“Say, I wonder if he meant that?” asked Fenn.
“Meant it? What do you mean?” asked Bart.
“Well it looked queer,” went on Fenn. “There we were in a tie game and we needed every advantage we could get to hold it. Then Sandy gets up to one of his tricks, and he might have known something would happen. It always does when he tries his funny work.”