There! THAT'S the ticket! This way, it'll make a mighty good pitcher!" He turned to Sam importantly.

"Well, Jim, is the chief and all his beaters here ?" "Yes, Bill; all here," Sam responded, with an air of loyalty.
"Well, then, I guess we're ready," said Penrod, in his deepest voice.
"Beat, men." Herman and Verman were anxious to beat.

They set up the loudest uproar of which they were capable.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" they bellowed, flailing the branches with their spears and stamping heavily upon the floor.
Sam, carried away by the elan of the performance, was unable to resist joining them.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" he shouted.