"I mean training on the road. I—I'll run indoors."
"Not a bit like it," declared Stover. "You'll get your daily run if we have to lay off all the punchers on the place and put 'em on as a body-guard."
"But I don't want a body-guard!" cried the athlete desperately.
"We can't let you get hurt. You're worth too much to us."
"Larry and I will take a chance."
"Not for mine!" firmly declared the trainer. "I don't need no mineral in my system. I'm for the house."
"Then I shall run alone."
"You're game," said Willie admiringly, and his auditor breathed easier, "but we can't allow it."
"I—I'd rather risk my life than put you to so much trouble."
"It's only a pleasure."