“Very well, sir. I found them at Norrence all right and we got back to camp three days later.”
“And now you’re back at school, I suppose.”
“Not until Monday, sir. Will you have this chair, Mr. Hall?”
“No, no, sit still. I’m going to open these windows and get some air in here. Wonderful how this warm weather keeps on. I suppose it’s cool up where you are, Johnny.”
“Y-yes, but not freezing. Did Sam here tell you that he paid a short visit to Greysides, John?”
“Yes, he told me about it. Must have been frightfully dull for him, poor chap!”
“He didn’t say so, but maybe it was.”
“I—I had a fine time, sir,” said Sam earnestly. The others laughed.
“We had some fine old talks, anyway, didn’t we? That brings me to what I wanted to say, Sam. About that college idea, you know. I haven’t worked anything out yet, but—— Look here, John, I certainly do smell smoke, I tell you!”
“Of course you do. I’ve just opened the windows. It comes from the railroad yards.”