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Rattleton stood upon the shoulders of a friend, and fell off upon the heads of the crowd as he was cheering. He didn't mind that, for he kept right on cheering. "Merriwell, I believe you have broken the streak!" cried Old Put, with inexpressible satisfaction. "Well, I sincerely hope so," returned Frank. "I rather think we are all right now, but we've got a hard pull ahead of us.
Robinson admitted that he did not have much use for either Gordon or Ditson, but he was inclined to think Gordon the better fellow of the two. That night Merriwell and Rattleton retired early, but they were not allowed to go to sleep. Barely were they in bed before there was a knock on the door, and they found Robinson and one of the fellows who lived in the house were there.
"But I can't say that I remember anything eccentric in her bathing costume, except that it was exceedingly becoming; and I certainly never heard any disagreeable talk about her. There may have been such talk about her, but perhaps it was thought just as well not to have it in my presence. Mrs. Rattleton is my cousin, Mr. Port she was a Van Twiller, you know.
Despite the fact that the sea was running high, Rattleton seemed to have recovered in a great measure from his sickness, so he was able to get on deck with the others. At noon, he even went to the table and ate lightly, drinking ginger ale with his food. An hour after dinner Frank found a game of poker going on in the smoking-room. Mr. Slush was in the game.
Bloodgood stepped out, turned round, laughed, and then walked away. "Hang it, Merriwell!" grated Diamond, as Frank closed the door; "why didn't you let me kick him out onto his neck!" Diamond was thoroughly angry. So was Rattleton. In his excitement, Harry said something that caused Frank to turn quickly, and observe: "Don't use that kind of language, old man, no matter what the provocation.
Harris was on the point of betting Rattleton odds that Merriwell did not get a hit, when Frank found what he was looking for and sent it sailing into left. It was not a rainbow, so it did not give the fielder time to get under it, although he made a sharp run for it. Then it was that Merriwell seemed to fly around the bases, while the man ahead of him came in and scored.
When the Virginian felt that he had Frank cornered he was astonished to see Merriwell slip under his arm and come up laughing behind him. Merriwell's laughter filled Diamond's very soul with gall and wormwood. "Wait!" he thought. "He laughs best who laughs last." "Give it to him, Frank!" urged Rattleton. "You'll get out of wind dodging about, and then it will not be so easy to finish him off."
"Well," Jack confessed, "I do feel an itching." "I feel like getting some sleep," grunted Bruce, "and they are keeping me awake." "Why are they playing in a stateroom, anyhow?" exclaimed Frank. "It's no place for a game of cards at night." "That's so," agreed Rattleton, dreamily. "But you are keeping me awake by your chatter a good deal more than they are. Shut up, the whole lot of you!"
We are still in America, the land of the free. But I don't care to have a quarrel with you. Bruce put the fellow down. If he minds his business in the future, don't throw him overboard." "All right," grunted the big fellow; "but I was just going to drop him in the wet." He put the man down, and the fellow seemed undecided what to do. Harry Rattleton laughed.
"That settles it," said Puss Parker, promptly. "Better wait and see," advised Bruce Browning. "Diamond may not give up when he gets his breath." "It doesn't look as if he'd ever get his breath again." Harry Rattleton was at Frank's side, swiftly saying: "Why didn't you knock him out and show the fellows what you can do? You monkeyed with the goat too long.
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