"Have you heard about the new master?" asked Tom Bassett, one of the hard cases, of a friend.
"No. Who is it?"
"Jim Garfield."
The other whistled.
"You don't mean it?"
"Yes, I do."
"How did you hear?"
"Mr. ——," naming the committee-man, "told me."
"Then it must be so. We'll have a high old time if that's so."
"So we will," chuckled the other. "I'm anxious for school to begin."