"Head you win, tail you lose." And up into the air spun the coin.
"Head!" cried Fred.
"Head it is, and we go out in the _Ajax_." "All right, but you'll have to go out in the _Alice_ next time," cried the young major.
"By the way, did you hear about Tom Rollinson ?" asked Pepper, as he walked into the boathouse to inspect his locker there.
"What of him ?" asked Fred.
"The family were burnt out this summer and lost everything." "Lost everything ?" queried Jack.

"That's tough luck.

I shouldn't want to lose all I had." "Well, it will happen sometimes," said Fred.
"Well, some lose by fire and some lose in other ways," went on the young major.

"You have heard about Ritter.

His father----" "You shut your mouth about my father!" roared a voice from behind a dressing-room door.