Let them imagine, from day to day, that sentence is still suspended and hovering over them." Wily Dick Prescott had been to see Mr.Gadsby, just before the arrival of the principal.

In his other capacity of reporter for "The Blade" the High School pitcher had said a few earnest words to his host.

Mr.Gadsby, with his eye turned ever toward election day and the press, had been wholly willing to listen..