He also put on his hat, and he took out his watch and looked at it, noting that something more than fifteen minutes had elapsed since he entered the house. The closed cab would be waiting outside. Amid great laughter, Ready climbed from a chair to Frank’s back, and Merry started down-stairs with him. The freshmen flocked out to the head of the stairs and shouted:
“Careful, careful, my beautiful Arab steed,” warned Jack. “I know thou art sure-footed, but there is danger.”
“That’s right,” said Frank, as he reached the bottom of the second flight and saw the front door swing open wide to admit a boarder. “Even an Arab steed may run away with its master.”
Then he bolted out through the open door, carrying Ready along to the street, where Frank’s friends and the cab waited their arrival.
CHAPTER X.
FURIOUS FRESHMEN.
“Hey! hey!” cried Jack Ready, in astonishment. “You are overdoing this thing! You are permitting your enthusiasm to run away with you.”
“On the contrary,” said Frank, “I am permitting my enthusiasm to run away with you. Hello, Browning!”
“Here,” answered the big fellow.
“Take him!”