"
"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.
Nothing in Randolph's character granted such a hope, for he was by
no means generous or open-handed, but each thought that he might
open his heart on this occasion. Indeed, Tom ventured to hint as
much.
"I suppose, Randolph," he said, "if you win the watch you will give
it to me?"
"Why should I?" asked Randolph, surveying Tom with a cold glance.
"You've got a nice silver watch yourself, you know."
"I might like to have two watches."
"You'll have the ten dollars your father promised you."
"What if I have? What claim have you on me?"
Tom drew near and whispered something in Randolph's ear.
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