It is no light thing to have the hope of days snuffed out all in a moment, and he was ready to cry with vexation.

However it couldn't be helped, and he had learned before now how to take a disappointment like a man.

So when Tom appealed to him he put a good face on it, and said,-- "Awful hard lines.

Never mind, let's go back and see the match with the Badgers, Tom." "Why don't you come with us ?" asked Gus.

"We are going to Gurley; have you ever been to Gurley, young un ?" "No," said Charlie.
"Come along, then, we'll show it you.