It was, the morning of their fourth day of renewed hiking.

After the swim and breakfast that was to follow, there were twenty miles of rural roads to be covered before the evening camp was pitched.
"I guess we've won all we set out to get, haven't we ?" inquired Reade, squaring his broad shoulders with an air of pride.

"I feel equal to anything that a fellow of my size and years could do." "I think, without boasting, we may consider ourselves the six most valuable candidates for Gridley High School football this year," Prescott declared.

"We ought to be the best men for the team; we've worked hard to get ourselves in the pink of physical condition." "I wouldn't care to be any stronger than I am," laughed Danny Grin.

"If I were any stronger folks would be saying that I ought to go to work." "You will have to go to work within another year," Dick laughed, "whatever that work may be.