Frank entered into the spirit of the
joke, which only the four knew of, and there were impromptu brushes, in
which Jim frequently came in ahead. This, of course, was all arranged to
give the new athlete confidence in himself. As for Jim, he really seemed
to be interested in running. At first he was so stiff, from lack of
practice, that he ran like a lame cow. But in a few days he could pick up
his heels to better advantage.
"We'll cure him when it comes to the final show-down," declared Ned.
"We'll cure Jim of laziness, and it will be a fine piece of work."
"Best of all, though," said Bart, "Frank seems to have forgotten his
troubles, and that's why we undertook this."
"If only he doesn't begin to worry, after the fun, we expect to have
Saturday, is over," put in Ned, a little doubtful of his own experiment.
There were scores entered in the race, and that insured a good attendance
at the event. In spite of many questions the chums refused to tell any
details of the contest, and it was much of a mystery as ever Saturday
afternoon, when all the boys, and quite a crowd of girls, were gathered
on the campus.
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