"You will find this is different when it is all over."
"Now, see here, Hartwick," said Parker; "you are the only soph who does not think we have a soft thing with the freshmen. What's the matter with you?"
"Why, he wants to disagree with us, that's all," said Browning. "Why, he wouldn't eat anything if he thought it would agree with him. That's the kind of a man he is."
Hartwick looked disgusted.
"Keep it up! keep it up!" he cried. "But you'll find out!"
"Now, see here, man," said Parker once more; "are you stuck on Merriwell?"
Hartwick showed still greater disgust, his eyes flashing.
"Stuck on him!" he cried. "Well, not any! You fellows ought to know that! Stuck on him! That gives me pains!"
"Well, I couldn't see what ailed you unless you were."
"It is because I am not stuck on him that I am so anxious to beat him, as you fellows ought to be able to see."