“Head hot?”
“Why, I’m all right, Doctor.”
“Put out your tongue!”
Will obeyed, just as he had done ever since he could remember.
“H—m! Strange; very strange,” muttered the doctor.
“What’s strange?” asked the boy.
“That you’re fool enough to jump into ice-water, and clever enough to beat the doctor out of his just dues afterward.”
Will laughed.
“How’s Annabel?” he asked.
“As good as ever. Why did you pull her out so quick, you young rascal? Don’t you know Chester D. Williams is rich enough to pay a big doctor’s bill?”