"Uh—uh—over to Stu—Stucky Richards'."
"All right. You went over to Stucky's after lunch. Then what did you do?" Mr. Cane was going about it as he usually approached an unwilling witness.
"Pu—pu—played."
"You played! All right. What did you play?"
"Tu—Tu—Ten Knights in a Bu—Bu—Bar-room."
"What's that!" gasped Mr. Cane.
"I tu—tu—told you once!"
"All right—all right—how did you play it?" asked the frantic parent.
"It tu—takes too lu—lu—long to tell—"
A serious spasm prevented any further questioning for some moments. Then Mr. Cane tried again.