“Hurrah! We win the four-oared race!”
“My! but isn’t that a close finish?”
“Here is where Colby Hall puts it over Longley!”
The yells from the Colby cadets and their friends were deafening. Many of the girls from Clearwater Hall joined in, and Ruth became so excited she grabbed Martha and Mary and kissed them both.
“I’m so glad your cousins helped win that race!” she said.
“I’m going down to see them come in,” said Mary, and quickly made her way out of the crowd of girls, followed by her cousin.
“I’m going down too!” came from Alice Strobell.
“So am I!” put in Annie Larkins, for these two girls had often been in company with Andy and Randy, and the four were quite chummy.
Of course Jack and Fred had to be on hand to see the winning oarsmen come in, and they were first among the crowd to clap their cousins and the others of the crew on the back and congratulate them.
“Some race, I’ll say!” declared the young major. “I’m proud of you!”