 Jerry at Faroq's. I looked at the stuff once in a while again. Yes, sir, you lads from Faroq's military academy do buy me out to ice cream and soda pop once in a while. You mean you were putting ice cream in that that container down there? That's it, yes, sir. And you stuck the nail right in the head that you did. Well, I thought the man that delivers your ice cream always put it in for you. Well, he does when the pale is empty, Jerry, but sometimes I run out of the ice cream before he can all right change the pales for me. Oh, yeah, I see. Well, like what do you hear? Oh, some chocolate ice cream, I guess. Yeah, that's good enough. Good enough. I chocolate it is. Very all right. It's your field. Thanks. You seem kind of quiet today, Mac. Quiet? I'm quiet. No, no, Jerry, to you yourself. Who's quiet? Me? I thought to myself, MacLeod, Jerry Duggan wishes to be alone with his own thoughts. So that's the way I left you, alone with your thoughts. When a man is something on his mind, something troubling him again, all Mac can figure it out for himself pretty clearly. Just then I leave you while I sing about the banks and braze of Bonnetone or the beauty of Loch Lomond. All right. You're going to be willing to make a clean breast of the entire matter and tell all Mac what's troubling you this day, Jerry. Troubling me? Nothing's troubling me. Well, you'll pardon me whilst I get busy for the afternoon or I shake in. Mac. Hi, Jerry. Come here a second, will you? Mac. Oh, come, come, will you, the new Jerry lad. I can't, there is a muck a lot of trouble heaping at sale in your heart. What's it all about? You can break down with MacLeod. Mac, you know this ride and meet with Edson Mill at Terry Institute that we're going into next Saturday? Oh, Edson, I, I, I can all about that affair and I'll be there with colors flying. Well, Mac, I don't know whether I should ride in that meet or not. Well, why, why, what's he doing, Jerry? Hey, certainly your money, I did not meet. Hey, the entire school is counting on you, all right? Counting on you? Yeah, well, I'll accept Red Morrison. Red Morrison? What's he to do with the situation? And Bruce Dahl Campbell? Oh, I begin to recognize the symptoms. What is it, Jerry? What is it that these two had done to you? Well, they haven't done anything to me yet. Yet? Yes, yet. What do you mean? I mean, well, yesterday afternoon we had a practice polo game. Practice polo? Well, why didn't anyone tell me about that? I would have been there rooting for you, Jerry. You and the other side, too. Wait a minute, Mac, this is serious. Oh, serious? What, what, serious? Well, after the game, Lee heard Red telling Sergeant Alden that I wasn't as good a rider as Bruce Dahl Campbell. Why, why is that? Wait a minute, Mac, please let me tell you the whole story. If I don't get it all out at once, I, well, I might get stuck trying to tell you. I can, Jerry, proceed. I, I will end it up here again. Well, Lee told me about what Red said to Sergeant Alden, and then he told me that Red told the Sergeant that Bruce Dahl Campbell had told him, told Red, that Bruce would like to ride in the meet. And Red told the Sergeant, he thought that because Bruce was better, well, that he has better riding form, and because he's had more experience, he'd make a better pivot man on the team than I would. He did? Yes, and then, then... I lied? Well, I lost my temper and started a fight with Bruce Dahl Campbell. Oh, you didn't do that. Yeah, I did. Now, well, of course, I'm sorry I did, but, well, there is something troubling me, Mac, and I don't know what to do about it. I lied? What is it? Well, it's this. Maybe, maybe I'm not the best pivot man that Farrokhs has. Maybe Bruce Dahl Campbell would be a better pivot man on the team than I would, and maybe if I ride Splendor in the meet, we might lose Dadson. And then, then Mac Farrokhs would lose the Hunter Craig trophy forever. Maybe just because I'm not as good as Bruce, Farrokhs would ever have the chance of getting the trophy back. Well, all there is to it, I guess. Mm-hmm, I can. Well, Jerry, I didn't know what all my cloud might be able to do for you, but I'm going to give you what advice I have in my mind. Advice? Yeah, Mac, what do you think? I knew you could help me. What do you think? Well, I, in your books, lad, I would do this. Yeah? I would date a Sergeant Alden and suggest to him that that's why. Please, Mac, I, I can't understand what you're saying. Oh, Losh, I, I, I'm sorry. Whenever I get excited, I forget to, to forget my scotch. What I mean is this, and I'll be very, very careful to express it so you'll understand that, you mind. Yeah. I would go to the Sergeant and I would suggest to him that you and the Dau Campbell lad try out against each other for the position of pivot man on the riding team. You mean after I've been made pivot man, try out all over again against this new cadet? Hey, that's what I mean. But, well, what if I should lose? My, what if you do lose? But Mac, I, I've written to Mr. Randall and Bumpson, told him to tell all the folks at the circus that I was going to ride Splendor in the meet, and that, well, that I was going to be pivot man. Now, if I'm not. Jerry. Yeah. Mind what I say to you. What if you do lose? Who in the world are you writing for? Jerry Duggan or, or Fair Oaks Military Academy? Yeah. Yeah, you're right, Mac. Okay, I'll go and see Sergeant Alden right away and tell him that I think I should have another try out for the position of pivot man. And I'll tell him that maybe Bruce Dau Campbell would be a better pivot man than I would. Hey, that's the spirit lad. Oh, we'll need Phillips in person. How are you, Lee? Ah, swell, Mac. How are you? Oh, I couldn't have been better. No, no, I couldn't have been better. Hey, Jerry, where'd you disappear to? I looked all over for you after Professor Custis's ancient history class, and I couldn't find you. Oh, well, no, Lee. Never mind, Mac. I'll tell Lee. Lee, I've decided maybe I'm not the best man for the pivot position on the riding team. Oh, now wait a minute, Jerry. No, you wait a minute. I'm going to Sergeant Alden and tell him that I want to have another try out. That maybe it might be a good idea to have Bruce Dau Campbell try out against me. If he's the best man, well, okay. Fair Oaks will have that much more chance to win the Hunter Craig trophy for keeps away from Edson. Oh, I see. Okay, you won't have long to wait. What do you mean? I mean that I just walked over here with Sergeant Alden. He's next door in Peter's hardware store picking up some harness buckles he ordered. I told him I was going to stop in here and try and find you. And he said he'd drop in on his way back to the school. Oh, yeah, well, I guess I might as well do it now as any time. Oh, by the way, I stopped by the mailbox in Custis Hall and picked up this letter for you. A letter? Oh, gee, thanks, Lee. Uh, Mac, give me a lemon soda, will you please? Feel kind of warm. Oh, lemon soda. Right away, Lee. Lemon soda. Oh, golly. Gee. What is it, Lee? What's the matter, Jerry? Well, this is a letter from Mr. Randall. Oh, yeah? And he says he and Bumps are going to come to Fair Oaks for the ride and meet with Edson. Well, no, that's fine. That's great, Jerry. Mr. Randall and your friend, Bumps, come into Fair Oaks to attend the ride and meet. Why, I... That you're crazy. Oh, crazy. Lee, for gosh's sake. Oh, I'm sorry, Mac. I mean, well, you know why Mr. Randall and Bumps are coming to Fair Oaks? It's to see Jerry ride Splendor and the meet. That's all the reason they're coming. And if Jerry doesn't ride Splendor... Wait a minute, Lee. Mac's right. I know Mr. Randall and Bumps well enough to know that they wouldn't want me to ride Splendor unless I was the best man for the position. It's okay, Mac, forget it. And, Lee Phillips, you forget it, too. Oh, Jerry Dugan. That Irish twinkle in your ear, he gives you, uh, a turn's turtle on you and put a treasure for the good spot you are. Well, let's all here treat on MacLeod. And I'll join you this time, I will. I... Oh, we'll, we'll know. Sergeant Alden. Hello, Mac. Long time no see. Hello, Jerry. Well, what have you got here to quench the thirst, Mac? I thought, well, how about some soda pop? Make it, Rootbeer. Rootbeer, I rootbeer it is. Did you get the buckles, Sergeant? Oh, yes. Good ones, too. A little better than I expected, at the same price as the old ones. Well, that's good. You seem to be a little more quiet today than usual, Dugan. Quiet, Jerry, quiet. You're a joking, Sergeant. Jerry Dugan's never quiet. Well, there's your Rootbeer, sir. May it quench the thirst that's troubling you. Sergeant Alden. Yes, Jerry? I... Well, I've been thinking over the situation about the writing team. Yes? I've been thinking, maybe we'd better have some more tryouts for the position of Pivot Man. Oh, you think that, do you? Why? Well, this new cadet, Bruce Dow Campbell, maybe he might be a better man for that position than I am. Maybe you'd better have some more tryouts for the weekend. Jerry. Yes, sir? You want to ride Splinter, don't you? Golly, yeah. I mean, yes, sir. And you've worked hard for that position, haven't you? Yes, sir. And you rode in tryouts against other cadets, didn't you? Yes, sir. And those tryouts were held before Cadet Dow Campbell arrived at Fair Oaks, weren't they? Yes, sir. And you're still riding in position of Pivot Man on the writing team, aren't you? Yes, sir. All right. And that's all there is to it. Next Saturday, no matter who arrives at Fair Oaks in the meantime, you're going to ride the position of Pivot Man on the team. And it'll be up to you whether or not Fair Oaks wins back the Hunter Craig trophy. Now, do you understand that, Dugan? Yes, sir. Good. Now, let's forget all about this discussion, except that Cadet Dugan is going to lead his team out there in that riding meet and win the trophy, right? Right, sir. Good. A Mac? Yes, sir. I mean, I saw him. I'm afraid you gave yourself away that time, Mac. You're just an army man at heart. Oh, the telephone. Excuse me. Go ahead and hit me. Sergeant Alden, Mr. Randall from Jerry's Circus and Bumps, that's Jerry's brand. They're coming down to Fair Oaks for the meet. They are? Well, that's fine, Jerry. I'm glad of it. Well, if I did not come that Mr. Linwell was in his right mind, I would think they knew he was a bit daft. Mac, what do you mean? Was that Mr. Linwell? That was Harold's father, and he said to tell you lads, you Jerry and you Lee, that Mr. X had arrived. Mr. X? Gee, Lee, he's come. Yeah, and the two lads are to go over immediately to the basement of the gymnasium and see him opened up. Opened up? Golly.