"Yes."
"Huah!" grunted Browning, from his berth. "Anybody might have known it! Think of John Diamond, of Virginia, getting soft on a Boston girl! Ha! ha! ha!"
The big fellow's words and laughter irritated Diamond, and he snapped:
"I don't see what there is so very funny about that!"
Then Browning laughed all the more, saying:
"You see, he doesn't deny it, fellows. I suspected it
when they met in Rockland. It was a case of love at first sight."
"Paula Benjamin is a splendid girl," said Frank, "and you are stuck on her yourself, Browning. Jealousy is what ails you."
The big fellow flopped over in his berth with remarkable suddenness, his face becoming wonderfully red.
"Now, look here, Merriwell," he exclaimed, "that won't go down with this crowd. You all know I don't care a rap about girls, and——"