They made it a point, too, to appear on the street with him.

Not one member of the football team "went back on" the suspended freshman.

All treated him with the utmost cordiality and faith wherever they met him.

Laura Bentley and some of the other girls of Dick's class stood by him unwaveringly by chatting with the suspended freshman whenever and wherever they met him on the street.
"Pooh, old man, a fellow who has all the brains you displayed in making that football stroke doesn't need larceny as an aid to getting ahead in the world," was the way Frank Thompson put it.
"Thank you, Thompson.

It's always good to have friends," smiled Dick, wistfully.