XXII. All Roads Lead to the Swimming Pool
XXIII. The Agony of the Last Big Game
XIV. Conclusion





CHAPTER I

THE PRINCIPAL HEARS SOMETHING ABOUT "PENNIES"


Clang!

"Attention, please."

The barely audible droning of study ceased promptly in the big
assembly room of the Gridley High School.

The new principal, who had just stepped into the room, and who
now stood waiting behind his flat-top desk on the platform, was
a tall, thin, severe-looking man of thirty-two or three.

For this year Dr. Carl Thornton, beloved principal for a half-score
of years, was not in command at the school. Ill health had forced
the good old doctor to take at least a year's rest, and this stranger
now sat in the Thornton chair.

"Mr. Harper," almost rasped out Mr. Cantwell's voice, "stop rustling