“What do you think of that?” he gasped. “I fear he has tied Necker!”
“I fear he has beaten him!” grated Manton.
“Impossible! Who is this Morgan? Whoever heard of him?”
“Oh, he was a rattler at college until he began to dissipate. Then they said he broke down and lost ambition. I’ve been told he was the most dangerous rival Merriwell ever had at Yale.”
“If he has beaten Necker——”
“It will be a bitter pill to swallow.”
“They are going to measure. He isn’t going to jump again! By the great Harry! he’s beaten Necker, or he would try again. He’s the last man and——”
He checked himself and waited.
The tape was stretched. Again the measurers took the utmost care, watched by the judges.
The crowd waited.