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Then there would be a host of refreshment booths at which Scranton 's fairest daughters would preside , accompanied in each instance by a matron of mature years , to lend dignity to the occasion . Here the good folks from Allandale , Belleville and other places , who honored the town with their presence would always be warmly welcomed , and given a cup of delicious tea , coffee or chocolate , as they preferred , accompanied with sandwiches galore , and even cake . Meanwhile it was planned that those who meant to take part in any of the events on the long programme should have a last `` workout '' that Friday afternoon . Saturday morning it was intended they should rest up , so as to be in the pink of condition when the meet opened at one o'clock . That might seem to be an early hour , as some had argued , but the programme was so extended at there was a possibility of darkness creeping up on them before the fifteen-mile Marathon , the latest event of the day , had been fully completed . During that energetic morning at school , when boys and girls were hustling to carry out the part of the work entrusted to them , Hugh had managed to keep an eye on Leon Disney from time to time . He felt pretty certain that the tricky boy had no intention of fulfilling the promise he had made under duress , and while a threat of exposure hung over his head , like the famous sword of Damocles , suspended by but a single hair .