St Nicholas [serial] . w in the half darkness, for atthat he had stopped his indignant refusal, hesi-tated, and finally blurted out that he would tellthem on Monday. And Monday was only somethirty hours away! The whole plan passed through his brain, baldand ugly, stripped of Brents light handling. TheJunior Captain was used to calling things bytheir right names. It was cheating; it was nothonest; it was not fair. He winced a unfair? After all, Ellison must knowbetter about such things than he did. Perhapsit would be all right; it would take some prettytough studying to get all t
St Nicholas [serial] . w in the half darkness, for atthat he had stopped his indignant refusal, hesi-tated, and finally blurted out that he would tellthem on Monday. And Monday was only somethirty hours away! The whole plan passed through his brain, baldand ugly, stripped of Brents light handling. TheJunior Captain was used to calling things bytheir right names. It was cheating; it was nothonest; it was not fair. He winced a unfair? After all, Ellison must knowbetter about such things than he did. Perhapsit would be all right; it would take some prettytough studying to get all that French into shapeeven for a passing mark, and a fellow could ntplay hockey with a condition against him. Maybeit was as Brent said, they could not afford con-ditions ; the honor of the school demanded thatthey pass, and this was the surest way. Anyhow, what could he do? They would wantto know why he refused, and he could nt standup and say, You fellows are cheating! Thinkof how angry Ellison would be! He remembered. HE RECALLED THAT EXCITING MOMENT WHEN HE SLIPPED IN AND HAULED OUTTHE DISPUTED LITTLE DISK OF RUBBER. 408 THE JUNIOR CAPTAIN 409 vividly the sneer of disgust on Ellisons hand-some face when young Halbert had informedMr. West that he never threw chalk; it wasagainst the rules. Ellison had said: Listen toMiss Nancy! He hated people who preached,and this would be preaching with a vengeance!The Junior Captain grew cold all over at themere thought of Ellisons calling him MissNancy! Why was it cheating? The fellowwho was to coach them would not tell them whatthe questions were. Well, it was cheating justthe same. The Junior Captains way of thinkingwas sound as to the meanness of cheating, thoughthe whys and wherefores of his creed were notvery clear to him. Why not try it just this once?His face burned with a heat which did not comefrom the cheerfully crackling coals in the his ears suddenly sounded Ellisons unmistak-able words, between the halves of a disast
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