"All of you fellows must admit that he has sand." "Oh, a kind of bulldog stick-to-it-iveness," murmured Stover.
"I'll tell you one thing," said Bandy Robinson; "now that Diamond has not blowed, he's going to be backed by some of the leading sophs." "Eh?
What makes you think so ?" "Oh, I've got it straight.

Browning has been to see him." "No! Why, Browning is king of the sophs!" "And he is jealous of Merriwell." "Jealous ?" "Sure.

He says Merry is altogether too 'soon' for a fresh, and he must be taken down.

I tell you I've got it straight.

He'll put up some kind of a game to enable Diamond to get square." "Well, this is rather interesting," confessed Frank, showing that he was aroused.