"But your brother should have had that running race.

It was a shame to knock him down." "Never mind," said Tom, who had come up.

"All the boys know he can run faster than the winner anyway." A luncheon was served to the visitors by Captain Putnam's order and after that the cadets and their newly-made friends were allowed to go walking, boating, or driving, as they saw fit.

Swings had been erected in the grove close to the encampment and these were constantly patronized.
"It must be lots of fun to be a cadet," said Alice Staton, when ready to depart.

"If I was a boy I should want to go to a military academy." "Oh, it's not all play," said Tom.