Mr.Leonard, however, had sent word around that there would be no baseball practice that day; but for every one to be on hand Thursday P.M., as no excuses would be taken for absence, when every day counted so much now.
"Hold on, please, Hugh and Thad!" called some one from the rear; and looking back they discovered a lame boy called Limpy Wallace, who always carried a crutch and had to twist his body in a curious fashion when he wished to make speed.
Limpy could get over ground wonderfully well, considering the difficulties under which he labored.

More than once he had been held up by Doctor Carmack to the other boys at Scranton High as a rebuke for their laziness.

If a fellow who had so much to contend with could always appear so satisfied, and manage to get along as well as he did, they ought to be ashamed to dawdle, and waste time when they had all their faculties intact.
Limpy Wallace was a constant and consistent admirer of Hugh Morgan.

In fact, he might be said to fairly worship the other boy, who had always treated him most kindly, and seemed to sympathize with his having been cheated by a cruel Fate out of the ordinary pleasures connected with the average boy's life.

Limpy Wallace would have gone far out of his way to do Hugh a favor.