And, what was more extraordinary, the rumor was true, although very few believed it.
They had, however, to give in to the evidence.

There could be no doubt these were the two men, and not their shadows.

And Frycollin also had come back! The members of the club, then their friends, then the crowd, swarmed into the president's house, and shook hands with the president and secretary, and cheered them again and again.

Jem Chip was there, having left his luncheon's joint of boiled lettuces, and William T.Forbes and his daughters, and all the members of the club.

It is a mystery how Uncle Prudent and Phil Evans emerged alive from the thousands who welcomed them.
On that evening was the weekly meeting of the Institute.