"As the man on the clubhouse steps said——"
Then he paused, as if he had forgotten the matter.
"Well," insisted Greg presently, "what did the man on the clubhouse steps say?"
"Eh?" inquired Dick, gazing at him with mock blankness.
"What did the man on the clubhouse steps say?" repeated Greg.
"Oh—er—that is—it's really a secret," Dick replied provokingly.
"Now, see here, none of that!" growled Tom.
"Eh?" demanded Dan, awaking from a light doze, with a start and a subdued snore.
"Dick Prescott, you tell us what the man on the clubhouse steps said!" ordered Tom.
"But I've just told you that it's a secret."