“Yes.”
“Well, he knocked a ball as far as that one day.”
“He must have been pretty strong in the arms,” said Julius, measuring the distance with his eye.
“He was that.”
“Did he ever lick the boys?”{117}
“No; he didn’t need to. We all liked him, and didn’t give him any cause.”
“Maybe this teacher will be a good one.”
“I hope so; but I know he isn’t as good as Mr. Fairbanks.”
“Isn’t that he, coming up the hill?” asked Teddy Bates.
“It must be,” said John Sandford. “He bends backward just like the deacon. Tall, too; looks like a May pole.”