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Bobbie was responsible for the color scheme adopted by her chum, and its success was just now rather inadequately reflected in the conventional mirror that formed a door to the narrow wardrobe. Sally was gowned in gold and white, and the gold of her hair completed the "dream."
At first, however, I was thrust into an underground cell; but I obtained, or rather my louis obtained for me, permission to chum with you; and, by the way, what a frightful staircase I had to mount! that more than any thing else, obliges us to get down by the window."
Ned staggered to the door and clung to Tom's arm. He shrilled into the latter's ear: "Shall we jump?" "I don't see any soft spots," returned Tom, grimly. "There aren't any life nets along this line." Ned Newton was frightened, and with good reason. But if his chum was equally terrified he did not show it. He continued to lean from the open door to peer down the grade as the Hercules 0001 drove on.
But he could not help noticing the actions of his chum. When the thunderous roar was about at its height Frank had thrown himself flat on the ground. Bob could not see what he was doing, but his groping hand came in contact with the head of his comrade; and he discovered that it rested on the ground, with one ear pressed to the rock. Frank was listening!
The climb was rather discouraging, until Whopper let out a soft cry, and then motioned for silence. "See 'em?" queried his chum, in a whisper. "No, but there are the tracks, as plain as day!" Whopper was right, the deer tracks were there, although partly covered by the falling snow. At the sight of them the spirits of the boy hunters arose wonderfully.
They were passing back again toward the barns, having left their prized possession in good shape, when Andy uttered a sudden exclamation that told of both surprise and disgust. "What's the matter now?" asked Frank, who had been talking with Felix, and was hence not so wide awake as his chum. "Just take a look over there, and see what's stopped on the road," remarked Andy.
Soon they were dry enough to be used in the moving picture machine, which Tom had bought, and set up in a dark room. "There we are!" he cried, as the first images were thrown on the white screen. "As natural as life, Ned! My camera works all right!" "That's so. Look! There's where I hit you with a snowball!" cried his chum, as the skylarking scene was reached.
Link could not understand why the same wit which sent Chum half a mile, of his own accord, in search of one missing sheep out of the entire flock, should not tell him that a fire is kept alive by the putting of wood on it. In search of some better authority on dog intelligence, Link paid his first visit to Hampton's little public library.
They were both sure, by Ruth's actions and the doctor's first noncommittal report, that Amy had some contagious disease. Curly had made a deal of the sore throat Amy had confessed to. "And if that's so," Helen said, almost in tears, "poor Ruth will be quarantined for weeks." "Why, Helen, how will she graduate?" gasped Lluella. "She won't! She can't!" declared Ruth's chum. "It will be dreadful!"
Then, slightly affected myself, I broke the envelope, and read: "'Meet me 5.30 Pennsylvania ferry. If miss you will come to your office. "Now, Maud Milner was the wife of an old friend of mine; and, too, she was my wife's old school chum. She had never been in New York, and she did not know that my 'office' was a bachelor's apartment.