"This is——"
"'Rah! 'rah! 'rah! Whooper up! whooper up! 'Rah! 'rah! 'rah!"
Danny waited again. Now he felt that he wanted to make a speech. He was determined to make a speech.
"This is——"
He couldn't get beyond "is," and he was growing disgusted. He longed for a fireman's hose and good head of water.
As they began to cheer all at once, they stopped all together.
Once more Danny tried it:
"This is——"
It was no use. The mere sound of his voice seemed to arouse them to the wildest enthusiasm. He shook his fist at them.
"Go to thunder!" he screamed, getting black in the face.