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It made a faint streak of light, but that was all. "Is that the good one?" asked Whopper, hoarsely. Never before had he been so anxious about a light. "No. I'll try the good one now," answered the doctor's son. "Don't let the wind blow it out," pleaded his chum. "Here, use my cap." The papers were placed beside the cap, and Shep struck the match several times.
But now and she could not avoid the conclusion Teddy had barricaded against her every side of himself except one the side that showed the manager of the Rancho de las Sombras and a jolly chum who had forgiven and forgotten. Queerly enough the words of Mr. Bannister's description of her property came into her mind "all inclosed within a strong barbed-wire fence."
"Blest if I remember," answered Tom. "I've heard it, too, but I don't recall it. But I'll tell you how I can find out," he went on, rummaging in his pockets. "I've got a letter somewhere that was sent to my chum. I got it from the headquarters post-office the day I was captured and forgot to give it to him.
It left the bowcap free and with full power, giving assurance that no obstacle intervened beyond the mouth of the torpedo tubes. Jack saluted his lieutenant, signifying his readiness to go. "So longs Ted!" was his jaunty sally as he turned for an instant to his old Brighton chum. For a few seconds the two boys gazed full into each other's eyes, their hands clasped in a farewell.
Hugh meant to take Thad into his confidence at the first favorable opportunity. He knew his chum would never breathe a syllable of what he told him; and possibly two heads might prove better than one in solving what promised to be a great enigma. But the time was too short now to even mention the matter.
Some delightful friends of the Castletons were also spending a holiday in rooms at Chagmouth Miss Lindsay, an artist, and Lorraine Forrester, a chum of Claudia's, both of whom were sketching the quaint streets and the quay and the harbour with the wildest enthusiasm.
I believe we can find a nice convenient log close to the road, where we'll take things easy while I spin my little yarn. To tell you the truth, Hugh Morgan, I've taken a great liking to you and that chum, Thad.
Miss Sylvia wept when the rector's daughter got married last year, an' well I knew why she was losin' her only chum." "Surely there are scores of good families in this neighborhood?" "Plenty, sir, but nearly all county. The toffs never did take on the Fenleys, an', to be fair, I don't believe the poor man who's dead ever bothered his head about them."
Promise me you won't have a row to-night and if you tackle him when you get home there will be a row. Wait until Dad comes home." finished Norah, a little wearily. Behind her, Wally leaned across to his chum. They pulled back a little. "I say don't worry her, old man," Wally said. "I guess she's had a bit of a shock let's try and keep her mind off it. Do what she asks." And Jim nodded.
"Yes, I am Dick Cameron, Ronnie's particular chum; and if ever he needed a particular chum, poor old chap, he does so at this moment. But I am glad he has found a friend in you, and one really able to undertake him. You did right not to leave him at the hotel; and he must not travel back to England alone." "I have already arranged to accompany him," said Aubrey Treherne.
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