Remsen was seen to smile now quite frequently during practice, and there was a general air of prosperity about the gridiron.
The first had gone to its training table at "Mother" Burke's, in the village, and the second ate its meals in the center of the school dining hall with an illy concealed sense of self-importance.

And the grinds sneered at its appetites, and the obscure juniors admired reverently from afar.

Joel had attended both recitations and practice with exemplary and impartial regularity, and as a result his class standing was growing better and better on one hand, and on the other his muscles were becoming stronger, his flesh firmer, and his brain clearer.
The friendship between him and Outfield West had ripened steadily, until now they were scarcely separable.

And that they might be more together West had lately made a proposition.
"That fellow Sproule is a regular cad, Joel, and I tell you what we'll do.

After Christmas you move over to Hampton and room with me.