Ripley didn't have to walk away alone to-day.

Coach Luce and a dozen of the boys stepped along with him in great glee.
"It's Rip! Old Rip will be the most talked about fellow in any High School league this year," Parkinson declared, enthusiastically.
Even the fellows who actually despised Fred couldn't help their jubilation.

Gridley was strong in athletics just because of the real old Gridley High School spirit.

Gridley's boys always played to win.

They made heroes of the fellows who could lead them to victory after victory.
Fred was far on his way home ere the last boy had left him.
"I'll get everything in sight now," Ripley told himself, in ecstasy, as he turned in at the gateway to his home.