Maybe I'd better not, eh ?" "Oh, shucks, never mind that," replied Perry.

"You can join the club, anyway, and be a sort of non-resident member.

Here you are, fellows.
Who's got a pen or something ?" During the ensuing two or three minutes there was comparative silence in Number 17, and while the seven occupants of the room busy themselves with pens or pencils let us look them over since we are likely to spend some time in their company from now on.
First of all there is Steve Chapman, seventeen years of age, a tall, well-built and nicely proportioned youth with black hair and eyes, a quick, determined manner and an incisive speech.

Steve was Football Captain last Fall.

Next him sits George Hanford.