athletic instructor, which post he filled in addition to other duties.

"He told me he would take the greatest pleasure in trying to build up a
winning team for Scranton," Hugh informed them.

"Good for Mr. Leonard, he's a dandy!" exclaimed Eli; and that seemed to
be the consensus of opinion; though Nick was seen to allow his upper
lip to curl a bit at mention of the athletic instructor's name.

There was a reason back of that, as the other boys well knew, for they
remembered the time when Nick had been handled pretty briskly by Mr.
Leonard, and made to apologize for some rude remark he had thrown out
heedlessly in his rough way. It could hardly be expected that Nick
would ever have a very good opinion of the young man who had humbled
his swollen pride in the presence of the same fellows whom he had so
long ridden rough-shod over.

"Well, the afternoon is getting on, and supper-time will be around
before long; so, for one, I'm going to head for home," observed K. K.

There was a general exodus, and the famous fence was soon abandoned by
the entire group of boys. They started off by twos and threes, with
the general drift of conversation circling around the one great
subject--the meeting to be called for Saturday night in the school, at
which the report of the committee would be made, together with an
announcement as to their choice as to candidates to be tried out for
the various positions on the season's team.

Hugh and K. K. walked along in company. Hugh always fancied the
Kinkaid boy, for there was something dependable about him that won the