ON THEIR GUARD.
The other Yale men were out for their evening run when Frank was at last ready to join them.
He did not try to follow them, for he had been so disturbed by the excitement of his adventure with the police, that he thought it best to rest; so when the students returned they found Frank in bed, and no one disturbed him.
Next morning early he got Rowland and Hill together and explained the whole affair to them. They were indignant, mad and disgusted all together.
"We'll send Mellor back to New Haven on the first train!" exclaimed Hill.
"It would serve him right," added Rowland, "if the faculty should hear of this and expel him."
"The faculty mustn't hear of it," said Frank, decisively. "The thing I've worked for most in all of this is to prevent any sort of disgrace, and if Mellor can be put into condition for making a wrestle, it'll be better for all of us that he should go into the contest."
"He'll never be able to last a single round," groaned Hill.
"If he should go down at the first catch," said Rowland, "everybody would suspect that he was out of condition, and then what would come of it?"
"Well, perhaps he isn't so badly off as you think," suggested Frank. "He may be able to put up a good front. Let's go down and see how he is."