“Hello, Chesty,” said Sam jovially.
“Hello,” answered Chester with vast relief.
“Pretty good game, wasn’t it?”
“Y—yes, pretty fair, Sammy.”
“It was a dandy! And I was glad I got back to see the last of it.”
“If you hadn’t,” said Chester with a grin, “we’d have licked you fellows good and hard.”
“That’s what I thought. So I concluded I’d better leave my cosy quarters and hike back to the field of battle. By the way, I had a dandy dinner, Chesty. Thanks awfully, old man.”
“That’s all right. I say, Sammy, aren’t mad about it, are you?”
“Mad? What for? It was lots of fun. Hope I didn’t do any damage to the place, though.”
“No. But, say, Sammy, I wish you’d tell me how you got out of there.” Sam winked and looked mysterious.