“Let me see,” said Merry, taking the ball in his hand and studying over it. “How could that be done?”
He tried several times, being rather wild, but finally Bart gave a shout.
“That’s it! You did it then!”
“It seemed to be it,” nodded Frank. “Wonder if I can repeat that?”
He kept at it until he did repeat it, not only once, but a number of times.
“Talk about sorcery!” cried Bart. “Certainly you are a sorcerer with a baseball!”
“I think I shall keep after that until I can handle it,” said Merry. “I’d like to see what batters could do with it. I’ll try it in the next game we play.”
“Who are these men coming this way?” said Hodge, scrutinizing two persons who were approaching across the lot.
“I believe I know one of them.”
“One looks natural to me.”