Thad had always been a close chum of the captain of the team, Hugh Morgan.
Together they had passed through quite a number of camp outings, and were said to be like twins, so far as never quarreling went.
This same Hugh was really a clever fellow, well liked by most of the Scranton folks, who admired his high sense of honor.

He was averse to fighting, and had really never been known to indulge in such things, owing to a promise made to his mother, the nature of which the new reader can learn if he wishes, by securing the first volume of this Series.

In so doing he will also learn how on one momentous occasion the peace-loving Hugh was brought face to face with a dilemma as to whether he should hold his hand, and allow a weaker friend to be brutally mauled by the detestable town bully, Nick Lang, or stand up in his defense; also just how he acquitted himself in such an emergency.
First "K.K." dropped away from the group as he came to the corner that was nearest his home.

Boy-like, he sang out to the rest as he swung aside: "I'm as hungry as a bear, fellows, and I happen to know our hired girl's going to have corned beef and cabbage for noon today.

That's said to be a plebeian dish, but it always appeals to me more than anything else." "Huh! you needn't boast, K.K.," said the Juggins boy, "over at _our_ house Thursday is religiously given over to vegetable soup, and I'm good for at least three bowls of it every time.