They actually twitted me this afternoon with being sore at them because I didn't get my patrol--as if I really wanted one.

That Blake kid is the worst of the bunch.

Just because his father has a little money he gives himself all kinds of airs.

My father is as rich as his, even if he isn't a banker." "I've been thinking of a good trick we can put up on them, but it will take some nerve to carry it out," announced Bill Bender, after some more discussion of the lads of the Eagle Patrol.
"Out with it, then," urged the bully, "what is it ?" In a lowered tone Bill Bender sketched out his scheme in detail, while Jack and Sam nodded their approval.

At length he ceased talking and the other two broke out into a delighted laugh, in which malice as much as merriment prevailed.
"It's the very thing," exclaimed Jack.