"You are very kind, Linton," said Luke, "but that will keep
you out of the race."
"I stand no chance of winning," said Linton, "and I will
do my skating afterward."
"I don't think that fair," said Randolph, with a frown.
"Each boy ought to use his own skates."
"There is nothing unfair about it," said the teacher, "except
that luke is placed at disadvantage in using a pair of skates
he is unaccustomed to."
Randolph did not dare gainsay the teacher, but he looked sullen.
"Mr. Hooper is always favoring that beggar!" he said in a
low voice, to Tom Harper.
"Of course he is!" chimed in the toady.
"You are very kind, Linny," said Luke, regarding his friend
affectionately. "I won't soon forget it."
"Oh, it's all right, Luke," said Linton. "Now go in and win!"
CHAPTER II
TOM HARPER'S ACCIDENT
Tom Harper and Sam Noble were not wholly disinterested
in their championship of Randolph. They were very ordinary
skaters, and stood no chance of winning the match themselves.
They wished Randolph to win, for each hoped, as he had a
silver watch himself already, he might give the Waterbury to
his faithful friend and follower.
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