“Who’s that?” asked Jack of Bony Balmore. “I don’t remember to have seen him before.”
“He’s a new boy,” replied Bony, cracking three finger knuckles in his absent-minded way.
“What’s his name?”
“Will Williams.”
“Looks like a nice sort of chap,” added Nat.
“But his face is sad,” said Jack slowly. “I wonder why he should be sad when he’s at such a jolly place as Washington Hall?”
“Maybe he’s lonesome,” suggested Fred Kaler.
“Give him a tune on your mouth-organ, and he’ll be more so,” spoke Bob Movel, but he took good care to get beyond the reach of Fred’s fist, at this insult to his musical abilities.
“Let’s make friends with him,” went on Jack. “Hey, Williams, come on over and get acquainted,” he called.
But the new boy, instead of answering, or turning to join the happy crowd of students, kept on walking away.