“Randall can never pay it,” remarked Sid, who sat next to him.
Dr. Churchill waited for the murmurs to cease.
“I need hardly add,” he continued, “that it is out of the question for us to pay this sum. Yet, if we do not, we may lose all that we hold dear,” and the president seemed much affected. “However, we have not given up the fight, and there may yet be a loophole of escape. You may now go to your classes.”
[CHAPTER XXVI]
MOSES IN PHYSICS
“Say, fellows, have you heard the news?” burst out Dutch Housenlager one morning after chapel, about a week following the announcement about the twenty thousand dollars being demanded.
“News? What news?” inquired Holly Cross.
“Has the lawsuit been called off?” asked Tom.
“Or has Bricktop Molloy decided to come back to play on the eleven?” demanded Sid.