"Dick & Co.! Dick & Co.! Good old Dick! Bully old Co.!"
Prescott and his chums halted, thunderstruck by the volume and force of that unexpected chorus.
Immediately on top of it rolled out lustily the complicated High School yell, given with a vim never before heard off the football field.
And then:
"What's the matter with Dick Prescott?" demanded Ben Badger, in stentorian tones.
From one half of the H.S. boys came the roaring response:
"He's the whole cheese."
Then, from the other half:
"——-for a freshman!"
Dick & Co. recovering from their amazement, were coming on again now. Young Prescott's heart thumped hard. He was no popularity-chaser, but only the fellow who has been down hard, for a while, knows how good it is to be up once more.