“Hello! there he comes now,” said Paddy. “He’s been to the village to see some fellow by the name of Gray. Shall we walk down and try our arguments now?”
“No; let’s wait. You and Dave come up to the room to-night and we’ll see what we can do with him,” said Don. “I hate to have him get into trouble, because, after all, he’s a good chap.”
“Of course he is,” answered Paddy heartily, “and we’ll look after him all right. Why, if he won’t go and take his gym work like a little man, after we’ve reasoned with him, we’ll——”
Paddy stopped, grinning broadly, and slapped Don triumphantly on the shoulder.
“I have it!” he cried.
“Have what?”
“A way, my lad.”
“What is it?” asked Don eagerly.
“Why, if he refuses to go to gym to-morrow, we’ll just— But I’ll tell you later. Here he is. Hello, Old Virginia! where’ve you been?”
“Oh, just to the village,” answered Wayne vaguely.