“Home!” exclaimed Sid.
“Going to leave?” inquired Phil.
“For good?” demanded the Big Californian. “Say now, that’s tough! I was hoping this thing would at least hold off until after the games, Tom. What’s the row?”
“Oh, that lawsuit business, I suppose. Dad doesn’t give any particulars. He just says: ‘Come home at once.’”
There was a silence among the inseparables for a moment or two, and then Sid said:
“Say, let’s go to our room and talk this over. Maybe it isn’t so bad as it seems.”
“What do you mean?” asked Phil, as they walked on.
“Well, maybe Tom is only called home temporarily. His dad may want some help, or something like that, and he can come back in a short time. Let’s think that, anyhow, and don’t go to getting up a farewell banquet.”
“Oh, come now!” objected Tom. “None of that farewell-feed business, even if I do have to go.”