[Frank Merriwell’s Chums by Burt L. Standish]@TWC D-Link bookFrank Merriwell’s Chums CHAPTER IX 4/5
"He doesn't ever get a max lately." By way of explanation, let us state, a "max" was the highest mark obtainable, or 3; 2.9 or 2.8 was considered first class, 2.5 was really good, 2 was fair, and below that it fell off rapidly too, which meant utter failure. Frank was, indeed, in trouble.
He found it impossible to keep away from the poker parties, and so, one night after Bart had departed, being unable to sleep, he got up and followed his roommate again. Gage and Snell were rejoiced, for they saw they had Merriwell fairly within the meshes.
All that was needed now was to close the net carefully and draw it tighter and tighter about him, till there was no possible escape. This trick was accomplished with consummate skill.
Frank's luck seemed to have deserted him, but at first his losings were just heavy enough to provoke without alarming him.
Sometimes he would win a little, and then he would fancy his luck had turned, but the tide soon set the other way. Made angry by his petty losses, he followed the game with dogged persistency.
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