"Play ball!" added Totts.
"Chew gum!" finished Cottsill.
"I'm through," Egghorn said, sitting down.
It was beyond my power to guide them. I also sat down. I also was through.
"Through?" exclaimed Totts. "That reminds me." And running to his blackboard he wrote:—
THRU
"What's that thing?" asked Willows.
"Hup, hup," began Egghorn.
"Through," replied Totts, raising his voice.
"What?" said Willows, raising his voice, too.