10/16 He ate the loaf of bread last and he was a long time about it; so the boys came to a not unreasonable conclusion. "I bet he wouldn't eat a saucer of ice-cream now, if we'd give it to him!" "He looks better to me," said Sam, staring critically at Whitey. "I think he's kind of begun to fill out some. I expect he must like us, Penrod; we been doin' a good deal for this horse." "Well, we got to keep it up," Penrod insisted rather pompously. "Long as _I_ got charge o' this horse, he's goin' to get good treatment." "What we better do now, Penrod ?" Penrod took on the outward signs of deep thought. |