"They actually think he threw me, when I threw myself," was his thought; "but I will undeceive them in a moment. Next time I will drive him into the earth beneath me! There'll be no further miscalculation."
Thornton was at the side of his friend.
"How in the world did you happen to let him take
a fall out of you in that manner?" whispered Tom, in extreme disgust.
Flemming's lips curled.
"Bah!" he returned. "He did not do it!"
"No? But you were thrown! Explain that."
"I was not thrown."
"Yes, you were, my dear fellow! Heffiner has given Merriwell credit for winning the first fall."
"I made a misjudgment in the amount of strength I should use on the fellow, and I turned myself in the air," declared Fred.