2/27 But none of the other fellows in the group on the ice seemed inclined to take young Dutcher at his own valuation. His worst fault, probably--but one that led to other faults--was his egotism. He was always thinking about himself and his own puny little interests. For the life of him, Hen couldn't understand why he wasn't popular with other fellows. He sometimes realized that he wasn't, but charged the fact up to the other fellows being "too stuck on themselves, or on those 'boobs,' Dick Prescott and Dave Darrin." "Let's run Hen ashore and rub his face in the snow!" proposed one boy gleefully. |