"Do you think he'll last it through?"
"What, Dink?" said McCarthy's loyal voice. "You bet he'll last!"
"Blamed shame he isn't at end!"
"By ginger! he'd make the All-American if he was."
"Yes, and now every one will jump on him for being a rotten fullback."
"Dana be hanged!"
Stover went back to the stairs and returned noisily At his entrance the crowd sprang up instinctively. He felt the sudden focus of anxious, critical glances.
"Hello, fellows," he said gruffly. "Tough, help me to stow a few duds in my valise."
"Sure I will!"
Two or three hurried to help McCarthy, in grotesque, unconsciously humorous eagerness; others patted him on the back with exaggerated good spirits.