Maybe my terms'll seem a little high, at fust mention, but--' "'Very good,' says the professor, 'very good.

I'm sure you'll be satisfactory.

Now please see to the unloading of that car.

And be careful, VERY careful.' "Nate broke the news to Augustus that afternoon.

He had his nose stuck in a book, as usual, and never heard, so Nate yelled at him like a mate on a tramp steamer, just to keep in trainin'.
"'Who?
Who?
Who?
What?
What ?' squeals Augustus, jumpin' out of the chair as if there was pins in it.