For his father and mother had held out against his going.

All of the other boys had secured permission.
"It's a shame you can't go, Dan," blazed Dave.
"That's what I think," muttered Dan.

"Huh! I've a good mind to run away from home." "You'd get spanked when you went back," laughed Tom Reade.
"Huh! I ought to run away and never come back," growled Dan.
"Oh, cut that out--do!" urged Dick.

"Be a fellow of good sense, Danny.
Your father and mother have their own reasons for not wanting you to go." "Their reasons don't do me any good," uttered Dan resentfully.
"Would it do any good if we all went down to your house and tried coaxing for you ?" asked Greg Holmes.
"Not a bit," declared Danny gloomily.
"Say, will you fellows wait here a little while ?" begged Dick.

"I want to run home a minute.