“How?”
“I warned him what Merriwell was, but he sneered at college athletes.”
“And Merriwell literally whipped him and his whole gang.”
“That’s what Starbright reported. Said he had five of them laid out at once.”
“Well, Merriwell will meet defeat, after all, for Earl Knight is ten miles from here at this minute, safely held under lock and key till the race is over. I know that, Snodgrass; so you may as well fork over the paper.”
“You’ll get the paper, all right, after the race.”
“If the freshmen win, it’s not my fault. I’ve carried out my part of the agreement by leading Knight into the trap.”
“If the freshmen win without Knight, you’ll get your money; but they can’t do it, for there isn’t another man who can take Knight’s place and fill it as he did. People got over sneering at Knight as a coxswain. He was the great man of the crew, for, somehow, he put spirit and life and confidence in them.”
“And he could steer.”
“He was an expert. Oh, yes, you’ll get your paper after the race! What’s that? Listen!”