CHAPTER XXX
AN UNEXPECTED CLEW
Four lads sat in various ungraceful if easy altitudes in the room of our heroes one evening. Four—for Frank Simpson was now an accredited member in full and regular standing of the "Big Four," as they were coming to be called.
Frank had moved his belongings into the apartment of the three chums, who were now four, for he found their comradeship congenial, and they liked him immensely.
It was a week after the announcement by Dr. Churchill of the setback the college had received in the opening of the legal battle. Football practice had, naturally, gone on as usual, and there was a more hopeful look on the faces of the captain and coach. The team was playing more as a unit. Kicks were being handled better, the ball was being advanced with greater certainty in the games with the scrubs, and it looked as if Randall would come into her own
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