"I'll tell you what I'll do, Merriwell—I'll go on this bicycle trip across the continent, if I can secure my mother's consent?"
"Will you?" cried Frank, eagerly. "Then see her as soon as possible. I couldn't ask for a better fellow
than you. Harry thinks he can go, and that makes three of us. We'll do the trick, even if we can't get another fellow. Is it agreed?"
"It is agreed if I can get my mother to agree to it," assured Jack.
"Well, let's talk about another matter," said Bruce. "The tournament at Madison Square Garden is right upon us. Are you on for anything, Merriwell?"
"Yes," answered Frank, "I shall take part in several contests."
"How about the mile run?" questioned Diamond.
"I believe Yates is in for that," said Merriwell.
"That's something I want to speak to you about," drawled Bruce.
Frank was rather surprised, as Browning had taken very little interest in athletics of late. During his early days at Yale, Bruce had been a pusher in athletic matters, being at that time an athlete himself, as he kept himself in form and held back the threatening development of flesh by the severest sort of training.