“It is, when you are wanting to do what I’m going to try.”
“You mean working your way through school and college?”
“That’s just what I mean.”
“A good many have done it,” suggested Walter lightly.
“Yes, I hear that is so, but I’ve heard too that a great many people die every year. I don’t know that that fact makes dying any easier for the man when his own time comes.”
“What’s the trouble, Dan? Did the big snake scare you?”
“No.”
“What is it then?”
“I’m thinking of that home run you’re going to make to-morrow.”
“I’ll do my best.”