“You failed in your trick to-day, just as you failed at Hastings’ road house,” he said. “I don’t know how you happened to be chosen the captain of the Hopkins team. You can play lacrosse, but you are a dirty fellow.”
“Be careful!” muttered Fillmore. “Be careful what you say!”
“I am very careful. I am going to remain over a few days in Baltimore, and I shall try to see you again while I am here. If I meet you in a convenient locality I promise to give you something in return for the crack on the head that you gave me to-day. That is all.”
That very night Fred Fillmore caught a train at Union Station, bound for New York. He was not anxious to meet Merriwell again.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
ELSIE BELLWOOD’S RESOLVE.
“How are you feeling to-night, Elsie?”
“No better.”
“That’s too bad, dear! I’m so sorry!”