“We respectfully decline to tell,” and Ned bowed, smiling.
The proctor hesitated a moment.
“Very well. But don’t try such tricks again.”
“And so that mystery is solved,” observed Jerry, as they came out of the office. “I wonder what will happen next?”
And what did will be related in our next volume, to be called, “Ned, Bob and Jerry on a Ranch; Or, The Motor Boys Among the Cowboys.”
“Boys, I want to congratulate you on your basketball victory,” said Professor Snodgrass, some days after the diamond championship had been decided. “I understand that the eleven did well.”
“Yes,” answered Jerry, trying not to laugh, “we did.”
“Well,” remarked Bob a few days after this, as he lay sprawling on a couch in his room, “this is no fun, fellows. Let’s do something.”
“What?” asked Jerry from his apartment where he and Ned were playing checkers.