Tip Top Weekly No. 80: Frank Merriwell as 'Anchor' — page 19: what you’re looking at

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FRANK MERRIWELL AS ANCHOR. 17 tenders in the saloon where the fight oc- curred had made a charge against Frank. That was quickly fixed by the captain, who went himself to the saloon and sug gested that the charge be withdrawn. Of course the suggestion of the captain was enough. The bar-tenders were glad to withdraw the charge if he advised it. Therefore Frank had not been a pris- oner half an hour before he and Mellor, accompanied by Matthews, were rolling across the city ina closed cab on their way to the Murray Hull. When they arrived there they used a good deal of caution about going in, for Mellor was quite as stupid as he had been at first, and both Matthews and Merriwell were anxious to prevent anybody from becoming aware of his condition. They got him into the Turkish bath there without observation, and gave an attendant a liberal fee to look after him | for the night. . EE Gumi LD CHAPTER V. ON THEIR GUARD. The other Yale men were out for their evening run when Frank was at last ready to join them. | Hedid not try to follow them, for he had been so disturbed by the excitement of his adventure with the police, that he thought it best to rest; so when. the students returned they found Frank in bed, and no one disturbed him. Next morning early he got Rowland and Hill together and. explained the whole affair to them. nant, mad and disgusted all together. ‘Well send Mellor back to New Haven on the first train!” exclaimed Hill. “Tt would serve him right,” added Rowland, ‘‘if the faculty should hear of this and expel him.”’ | The faculty mustn’t heat of it,’’ said Frank, decisively. ‘‘The thing I’ve They were indig- — worked for most in all of this is to pre- vent any sort of disgrace, and if Mellor can be put into condition for making a wrestle, it?]] be better for all of us that he should go into the contest.” ‘‘He’ll never be able to last a single round,’’ groaned Hill. | . “Tf he should go down at the first catch,’ said Rowland, ‘everybody would suspect that he was out of condition, and then what would come of it?”” ‘Well, perliaps he isn’t so badly off as you think,’’ suggested Frank. ‘‘He may be able to put up a good front Let's go down and see how he is.”? The suggestion was adopted at once, and the three went down to the Turkish baths. The assistant who had been feed to look after Mellor said that the student was asleep on a couch. Frank and the others went to, the acm ing room and stood by the couch looking at Mellor in silence for a full minute. As he had been very carefully rubbed . and thoroughly steamed the night before, and as he had been sleeping for many hours, he looked now quite as- well as usual. : The three managers looked at ouch other and nodded. ‘They understood each other; it was better that Mellor should be allowed to appear in the wrestling match that night, even though he was almost surely doomed to defeat. They were about to withdraw when the wrestler opened his eyes. ‘‘Hello, boys,’’ he said, suddenly, and he sat up. ‘‘How are you feeling??? asked Merri- well. ‘Bully!’ replied Mellor, with empha- sis. Then his face flushed and he looked down at the floor. ‘“*T guesss you remember what. hes hap. pened,’’? remarked Hill, contemptuously. ‘Ves, I do,” responded Mellor. “What do you think of yourself?” asked Rowland. ECOMICLOO® SS (CO)