“What for! Haven’t you heard what he’s saying?”
Gerald shook his head.
“No. What’s he saying, Arthur?”
“Why, that you cut the course coming back. He’s told Andy Ryan and about everyone else. He wants you disqualified. That would give him a place on the team, you see. I thought you’d heard it.”
“Do the fellows believe it?” asked Gerald. His voice shook a little and he felt the blood dyeing his cheeks.
“I don’t know,” answered Arthur in a low voice. “I don’t. Jake Hiltz always was a liar. I wouldn’t believe him if he told me his own name!”
“Is he here?”
“Somewhere; in the shower, I guess. What are you going to do, Gerald?”
“I’m going to make him say it to me,” answered Gerald hotly.
“Well, don’t have any fuss with him,” Arthur advised. “He’s bigger than you and a couple of years older.”