There has been a big sale of tickets, the band has been engaged, and a good many arrangements made that will be expensive to cancel." "Can you do it ?" asked Mr.Morton, looking doubtfully at thee young captain of the team.

"It's Thursday afternoon, now." "I feel that we've got to do it, sir," Dick replied doggedly.
"Yes, sir; we'll make it, somehow." So the matter was arranged.

The Gridleyites followed Jarvis out to the sidewalk, where they renewed their assurances of regard for the attitude taken by Tottenville High School.

Then Jarvis hurried away to catch a train home.
"Now, young gentlemen," proposed Mr.Morton, "we'll go home and see whether we can engender the idea of eating any lunch, after this unmasking of villainy in our own crowd.

But at half past two promptly to the minute, meet me at the High School.