CHAPTER XXV.
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
Mr. Gunnison had several children, including one boy of about Dean's age, who was disposed at first to regard our hero with distant respect as a professional star, but soon became intimate with him on finding that Dean had the same tastes as himself. This appeared to surprise him.
"I say," he remarked, "I thought you wouldn't have anything to say to a fellow like me."
"Why not?" asked Dean, innocently.
"Oh, because you're a big gun."
"How's that?"
"You give concerts, and have your name in the papers."
"Oh!" said Dean smiling, "I have to do that for a living, you know. I'm only a boy after all."
"And do you like to play baseball?"
"I only wish I had a chance."