9/10 One, two, three, four! Hump it! Hump it!" Their bodies streaming with perspiration, breath coming fast, their faces deeply flushed, Dick & Co. bent to their paddling. "There's nothing about them of the easy, brisk form that Preston High School shows to-day." "Don't hint at defeat!" shuddered Belle Meade. "We might be able to stand a Gridley defeat, but the boys couldn't." Preston's canoe now rested on the water, ready to be aligned at the referee's order. |