I'll rush right over, and join you, Hugh." "Be careful and don't break your neck in your hurry, Thad.

My news can keep; and what would poor Scranton High do for a catcher in the game next Saturday if you fractured your collar-bone ?" Whether Thad took the advice to heart or not, he certainly made his appearance at the home of his best chum in an incredibly brief space of time, flushed in the bargain, and with an eager light lurking in his eyes.
"Nothing doing until we get safely out of town," said Hugh, firmly; "so you'll have to put the brake on your impatience." "Huh!" grumbled Thad, "that sounds as if what you had to tell me was of vast importance, so that you didn't want to run any risk of others cribbing the news.

Now you have got me guessing to beat the band, Hugh.

I wonder if those Belleville fellows have been up to any dodge to learn our signals, and how our pitchers are practicing certain pet balls ?" "Oh! I'll relieve your mind that far by telling you it has nothing whatever to do with the game next Saturday; for that matter it's not about baseball at all.

You're doing those fine chaps at Belleville a gross injustice to even hint at their thinking of spying on us." Thad grinned as though he had won a point.
"Well, I take it all back, then, Hugh," he hastened to say, contritely.
"And now that point's settled, there's only one more thing it could be about." "Notice that shrub bursting into bloom, will you ?" remarked Hugh.