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He said if we couldn't fix things with the O'Rourke crowd, that the situation would have to develop a bit." "Queer sort of talk," Shelby commented. "I wonder what he wants?" He puzzled over it a moment. "Well, whatever develops, don't talk consulate to Bernard Graves. The Boss is a pastmaster at side-tracking soreheads, but there's a point involved in this case that he doesn't grasp.
The most of the fuss some of them kick up now, is simply to force Lincoln to give them their terms. . "We have studied all classes of politicians in our day and we warn the Chicago Convention to put no trust in the Republican soreheads.
Whether the so-called "soreheads" will reconsider their proposed course of action and throw themselves in with the common lot for the upholding of the Gridley name and the honor of the High School will have been determined within the next few days.
"If that didn't jam their duty down those soreheads' throats," he told Bowers, "I'll take another guess." Meanwhile the nominee's fortunes and traits of character underwent dissection in his own town at the first autumn assembly of the Culture Club which, as always, met with Mrs. Hilliard. There were two profound reasons for this constancy to Mrs.
"Davis and Fremont " whispered Darrin in his chum's ear. "Bayliss, Porter and Drayne," Dick nodded back, softly. "Trenhold, Grayson, Hudson," continued Darrin. "All the 'soreheads," finished Dick Prescott for him. "Or nearly all," supplemented Dave. Indeed, the scene upon which these two High School boys gazed was one that greatly interested them.
Strangely enough, though they don't intend to play football this year, these "soreheads" have been training hard of late, one of their practices being the taking of an early morning cross-country run together. The average young man at the High School is as eager as ever to uphold the town's and the school's honor and dignity on the football gridiron this year.
There was just one thing against Wadleigh, in the minds of Hudson and some of the others. He was a boy of poor family. He belonged to what the late but routed "soreheads" termed "the mockers." But he was an earnest, honest fellow, a hard player and loyal to the death to his school. "Any other candidates?" asked Coach Morton. There was a pause of indecision.
"I don't believe you'd do a thing like that, Dick Prescott, unless you had an honorable reason for it." "I did it because the honor of the High School is so precious to me -to us all," Dick replied. "We want to put forth a winning team, as Gridley High School has always done. Now, these 'soreheads' aim to defeat that by keeping a few of the best players off the eleven.
Three or four out of the dozen or more "soreheads" are really needed if Gridley High School is to maintain its standing this year. The remainder of the "soreheads" may, with advantage to the High School eleven, be excused from offering themselves.
I stood it until here the other mornin' when a bunch of soreheads showed up before nine o'clock and proceeds to hold an indignation meetin' in front of my desk. "Gwan!" says I. "Nobody's rockin' the boat but you. Go sit on your checkbooks." They just glares at me. "Where is Old Hickory?" one of 'em wants to know. "About now," says I, "Mr.
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