“Why, he played with Clemmons!”
“He rows as he swims!”
“The fourth class has bagged the prizes this time.”
“Look out now that Merrill does not have honors easy in the classrooms.”
Such were the expressions heard upon every side as the enthusiastic cadets roamed about, talking over the race.
As for Bemis Perry, he accepted the congratulations in his quiet way, and remarked:
“I knew that Merrill would win, for you know I have rowed often with him; but I feared he was playing too much after we got started.
“He said to me that I would beat Clemmons, and I did, I am glad to say; but Merrill is a wonder.”
“He is, indeed,” chimed in McNulty.
“He said as he passed me: