"Because I heard your name mentioned plainly I felt that you ought to know what little I managed to pick up." "All right, then, Limpy, start ahead, and spin the yarn," said Hugh.
"Has some one been remarking what a poor excuse of an athlete Hugh Morgan is; and that he ought never to have been given his job as field captain of the Scranton High baseball team?
It's no more than I expected, Limpy, and my feelings can't be hurt a bit; so don't try to spare me." "Listen, then, please, and you, too, Thad, seeing that you're his chum," began the other, eagerly.

"It was just an accident, you understand, because I never yet was intentionally guilty of trying to overhear what other fellows were saying.

I had been tired out at recess, and was lying down on that bench, you remember, that stands in the corner of the grounds.

It happens to have a back to it, and I guess no one could notice me there.

The other fellows were walking around in bunches, and talking to beat the band.