"If you tell mother," Bobby added, "you'll get Annie into an awful lot of trouble. Annie's been good to me. I'd hate to have her get a scolding."
Peter suppressed a grin.
"Ten years at solitary confinement is what ye deserve," he announced, "but since there's extenuatin' circumstances, I'll let ye go free on parole—providin' ye play base-ball all the rest o' the time."
"I say, Pete, you're bully!"
"It's a bargain," said Peter. "An' mind ye keep to it. Officer, set free the prisoners."
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S UNDERSTUDY