"I shall be there without fail. And I thank you for your trouble in the matter."
Cadets Jasper and Spencer bowed and withdrew, while the four "beasts" sat and looked at each other in silence.
"Well," Mark said, at last, "what do you think of it?"
"Think?" growled Texas. "I think it's a skin, that's what I think. An' it's jest like you an' your luck, Mark Mallory!"
And, so saying, Texas kicked the mattress off the bed.
"If you don't do that feller Williams, whoever he is, in the first round, I'll kick you out an' do it myself!"
"But who is this Williams?" inquired Mark, as he picked up the mattress and threw it at Texas. "Does anybody here know?"
"I do," said the "Parson," reverently depositing Dana on the floor. "I do know, and I shall, forsooth, be very happy to tell you about him. Williams is, in the first place, as to physical proportions, the largest man in his class; in the second place, he is the best all-around man——"
"All round like Indian?" inquired Texas, gravely.
"Inasmuch as," continued the "Parson," "he won a considerable proportion of the Olympic contests, which are celebrated here under the designation of 'the spring games.'"