"He may have got out of a window."
"I think not, or I should have heard him."
"We'll find out about this," said Rowland, emphatically, "but meanwhile the call is on for the tug of war with Princeton. Can you——"
The question was not completed, for Browning, with a wry face, held up his right arm.
His wrist was swollen to almost twice its usual size.
"I couldn't pull a baby," he said, regretfully.
The fellows looked blue, and Hill groaned dismally.
"Rowland," said Frank, in a quick, decisive tone, "go back into the hall and tell the committee of arrangements that our anchor is disabled, and that we shall have to have five minutes to get our substitute in order."
"Who in thunder can you substitute?" asked Hill
"Rattleton."