"Seems to me you'll have to keep one eye aloft all the while, Hugh, while the other is watching the ground for treachery.

I must say this is a fine state of affairs.

Not only does Scranton High have to go smack up against all the best runners of Allandale and Belleville, but be on the lookout for treachery at home besides.

I'd give something to be one of a bunch of indignant fellows to take Nick Lang and his two pals out to the woods some fine night, and give the same a coat of tar and feathers, or else ride them on a rail.

They're a disgrace to the community, and Scranton ought to take them in hand right away.
That boy will set the town on fire yet I'm thinking, with his desperate tricks." "He will, unless he soon sees a light, and turns over a new leaf," admitted Hugh, who, it seems, had an idea of his own in connection with the said Nick, which, perhaps, he might find an opportunity to work out one of these days; but which he did not care to confide to his chum, because he knew Thad would be apt to consider it impossible, perhaps foolish.
"There they go now, Hugh," suddenly remarked Thad in an undertone.
"You see, he has both Tip and Leon along with him, and they're grinning as they look over this way.