8/19 They ran us up on purpose to make us late. It was a beastly low trick!" "And then coming back," continued Telson, "we ran down old Parrett in his skiff and spilt him, and we had to fish him out--didn't we, you chaps ?--and that made us late. You ask Parrett; he's potted us for it, last night." Riddell listened to all this in a bewildered way, not knowing what to make of it. If the boys' story was correct, there certainly might be some force in their excuse. |