"What should we do with them?" inquired Ted, who had been meditatively sticking out his tongue, as he pondered the subject of the museum.
"Which, discoveries or specimens? We can decide when we get them," answered Bess, laughing, while another crack from Phil's direction showed that that youth's hunger was not yet appeased.
"Let's put in Phil," suggested Rob. "He's as fond of peanuts as a monkey at a circus, and if we caged him up, he'd make a splendid animal to start with."
"We'll put you in for a hyena," retorted Phil good-naturedly. "You howled like one at rehearsal last night."
"We might start a menagerie among ourselves," said Bert. "Ted could be the elephant, and Sam a"—
"Bear?" inquired Sam. "No, thank you; I'd rather get up a collection of smaller game. Now vacation has come, we'd have plenty of time"—
"Speaking of vacation reminds me," said Bert, interrupting him; "I made a mistake the other day about my history mark. Miss Witherspoon found another mistake afterwards, and that made it lower than I told you. I just thought I'd speak about it, Miss Bessie, as long as I'd told you too high before."
Bess was about to say that Bert's honor in telling her this was far better than the mere getting a high mark, when Teddy, the irrepressible, suddenly broke in,—
"I've a conundrum for you young lads. What's Phil's favorite slang?"
Phil looked up curiously, while the boys ventured various suggestions.