“To what?”
“Oh, he’ll be satisfied if I am,” declared Walter lightly. “Why don’t you come out to-morrow and get a look at the team? We play the Military Academy next week, you know, and we want every fellow on deck. It’s our hardest game. If you don’t show any school spirit how do you think the fellows will feel when it’s your turn? You’ll want backing when you’re pitching against the Military Academy nine.”
“I’ll come if you want me to,” said Dan quietly. “But——” Dan stopped abruptly as Gus Kiggins entered the room.
CHAPTER XXI
DAN’S TROUBLES
“How’s your shadow?” asked Gus, as he seated himself in an easy-chair and looked at Dan.
“My shadow?” inquired Dan. “I don’t know what you mean.”
“Oh, that little white-livered milksop that tags you most of the time. For my part, I think he needs a nurse-maid.”
“You mean that little fellow in the fourth form—Carlton Hall?”
“I guess that’s his name,” laughed Gus. “It rhymes with bawl. He ought never to have left his mother. He’s a mamma’s darling all right, though he seems to have taken you up in her place. What do you get for looking after his nursing-bottle?”