"Answer it yourself. I'll never tell."
"Well, a duel is a quick affair because it takes only two seconds to arrange it."
"There won't be a duel in this case," grunted Brown
ing; "but there'll be a cold-blooded murder if you kids keep on. I'll assassinate you both!"
Frank laughed.
"Oh, let them go it, Bruce," he said. "It seems to amuse them, and it doesn't harm anybody else."
"I think Browning is right about Yates," declared Diamond. "He is not the proper man to represent Yale in that race."
"Whom would you suggest?" asked Frank.
"Frank Merriwell, by all means."
"Now that is folly!" said Merriwell, seriously.