Playing tennis?” she said.

“That’s what,” I told her.

“I can beat you with my left hand,” she said.

“All right,” I said, “I’m coming over to-morrow to find out. You go home and practice. You finish your bee-line hike and we’ll finish ours and to-morrow afternoon at two o’clock——”

“Will you be sure to be there?” she said.

“Positively guaranteed,” I told her. “Good-by.”

“Why don’t you say ‘so long’ like you do to boys?” she wanted to know.

“So long, see you later,” I called.

She was awful funny, that girl.

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