"
"Very well; I will bring a like number."
"Want to tell everybody, don't you?"
"No, but I think I am entitled to fair play; and that means that I
must have as many friends there as you have."
"All right," grumbled Baxter, but he evidently did not like the
arrangement. A moment later he hurried off, to do what he could
to prevent his nose from swelling.
"Dick told only his brothers and his chums of what had occurred,
but the news leaked out that a fight was on, and Saturday
afternoon found at least twenty cadets in the secret and on their
way to witness the "mill," as those who had read something about
prize-fighting were wont to call the contest.
Now, lest my readers obtain a false impression of my views on this
subject, let me state plainly that I do not believe in fights,
between boys or other-wise. They are brutal, far from manly, and
add nothing to the strength of one's character. It is well enough
to know how to defend one's self when occasion requires, but such
occasions occur but rarely.
But I have set out to relate the adventures of the Rover boys, in
school and out, and on land and sea, and I feel I must be truthful
and tell everything just as it happened, not only in this volume,
but in a those which are to follow; and, consequently, I shall
tell of the fight as the particulars were related to me by Sam
Rover, Fred Garrison and others - details which I am certain are
correct.
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