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Rh "Show 'em how we row, even if Boxer Hall did beat us!" called Roger.

With eager strokes the lads took up the race, and, though it was but a friendly brush it meant more to Randall than any realized, save those thinly-clad lads in the shell. It was their first chance to see what they could do against a formidable rival.