"There’s just one way to do it."
"That is?"
"Play Merriwell to a finish early in the game. They say you’re pretty good at putting men out of the game when they prove too troublesome."
"Well, I have done such a thing," admitted Glennon, with a grin that was far from pleasant.
"Do it again! Put your whole team onto the trick. Aim right at Merriwell from the start. Break his legs, collar-bone, neck, any old thing; but be sure to put him out of the game for good. I’d be happy if you could fix him so that he’d never play football again."
"You must hate him some!"
"Why shouldn’t I? But you don’t know my reasons. You may think me a pretty mean fellow to turn against my own team this way," said Uric sadly, "but that is because you know nothing of my reasons. I never harmed this chap Merriwell, but he has done everything in his power to disgrace me and drive me out of the school. He has abused me, lied about me, and everything else from the very start. Oh, he’s the meanest chap on two legs! They say that Frank Merriwell is a pretty decent fellow, but it’s certain his brother is not much like him. Of course, Frank Merriwell stands up for his brother, because he is his brother. But Dick Merriwell will do anything mean or low to hurt a chap he hates. I’m not going to tell you all he has done to me, because——"
"No need of it," cut in the other. "I didn’t come here to hear about your personal troubles. But is this tip the only pointer you can give me?"
"It’s enough—if you follow it. Do up Dick Merriwell, and you’ll surely win the game. Fail to do him up, and he’ll find a way to beat you, even if you have a lead up to pretty near the last of it. Mark what I say; he’ll find a way to beat you, and he will be the one to do the trick. Just promise me that you’ll put him out in short order, and I’ll have some courage to see the game. If you won’t promise that, I’ll hardly care to watch it, for I know what he’ll do."
"Well, don’t you worry," said Glennon, in a significant way. "We’ll be pretty sure to put anybody who is dangerous out of business. If you really want to see Fardale beaten as bad as you pretend, just be sure to watch the game this afternoon. That’s all I have to say."