Only they disposed of their wealth differently.

On many hot evening Peter saw as much of their money scattered over the green table as his father had spent over the Hallowell athletic field.
In this fashion Peter spent his first month of exile--in the morning trying to fill his brain with names of great men who had been a long time dead, and in his leisure hours with local color.

To a youth of his active spirit it was a full life without joy or recompense.

A Letter from Charley Hines, a classmate who lived at Stillwater, which arrived after Peter had endured six weeks of Constantinople, released him from boredom and gave life a real interest.

It was a letter full of gossip intended to amuse.