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"Oh, well," Dick interrupted, "let us admit that some of the fellows on the sorehead list have never been in jail, and have never been threatened with it. But I am sure that Dave has guessed my meaning right. The soreheads, who number a dozen of rather valuable pigskin men, are on strike just because some of us poorer fellows are in it." "What nonsense!" ejaculated Greg Holmes disgustedly.
Then all turned to watch the fight, which was now passing the stage of preliminary caution. Several boys and men had run down from Main Street. Now, more than a score of spectators were crowding about. "Hurrah!" piped up one boy from the Central Grammar School." The mucker bantam against the 'sorehead' lightweight!"
"Well, it's curious," continued Dick slowly, "but every one of these fellows -I believe you've given me all the names of the 'soreheads'" "We have," affirmed Tom Reade. "Well, I've just noted that every fellow on my sorehead roll of honor belongs to one of our families of wealth in Gridley." Dick paused to look around him, to see how the announcement impressed his chums.
The "sorehead" reference, as readers of our "High School Boys Series" will recall, had to do with Dodge and Bayliss, ere they had been chased out of Gridley High School. These boys had belonged to the notorious "sorehead faction" in the high school football squad. Going in different directions, Dick, Dave and Harry were able to make all their needed purchases in a short time.
Almost any one could with a machine like the Humming-Bird. It's the machine almost as much as the operator, in a case like this." "But you can protest after the race," suggested Mr. Damon. "That would be little good, in case Andy beat me. The public would say I was a sorehead, and jealous. No, I've either got to stop Andy before the race, or not at all. I will try to think of a plan."
"Are you sure you don't belong in Sing Sing, Mr. Moriway?" I can see his face yet, Mag, and every time I think of it, it makes me nearly die of laughing. He had actually been fooled another time. It was worth the trip up there, to make a guy of him once more. And whether it was or not, Mag, it was all I got, after all. For would you believe Tom Dorgan would turn out such a sorehead?
He asked me if I belonged to the 'sorehead' gang. I answered as evasively as I could. Then dad brought his list down on the table and told me he prayed that I wouldn't go through life with any false notions about my personal dimensions. He told me, rather explosively, that I would never be a bit bigger, in anyone's estimation than I proved myself to be."
"You're a sorehead because Heiny turned you down and now " "Move on there!" snapped Miss Fink, "or I'll call the steward to settle you. Maybe he'd be interested to know that you've been counting in the date and your waiter's number, and adding 'em in at the bottom of your check."
We say that "knocking" is a sign of the "sorehead" and we sublimate criticism by saying that "every knock is a boost." America does not play with ideas; generous speculation is regarded as insincere, and shunned as if it might endanger the optimism which underlies success. All this becomes such an insulation against new ideas that when the Yankee goes abroad he takes his environment with him.
Hudson did, indeed, brave it out by going straight on into the gym. As he entered some of the fellows already there glared at him dubiously. But Hudson met the look bravely. "Hullo!" cried Dick. "There's Hudson!" Coach Morton heard, from another part of the gym. Turning around, the coach greeted tile reformed 'sorehead' with a nod and a smile.
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