[CHAPTER XV]
MORE TROUBLE
“Freshmen win!”
“Rah, Freshmen! Elmwood forever! Freshmen win!”
“Hurray for Tom Fairfield!”
“And after a foul, too. He won after a foul!”
“Never mind. We won’t claim it. Maybe it was an accident. Heller may be hurt!”
“Seniors Second! Bruce Bennington is second!”
These were only a few of the cries that greeted the achievement of our hero as he won the school race. He had come to a stop amid a knot of his classmates, who gathered about him, clasping him by the hand, clapping him on the back, and generally congratulating him.
“Great work, old man!”