“I don’t want any shower,” muttered Tubb.
“Well, I do. As a favor to me, I wish you’d keep on for the rest of this week, Tubb.” Toby spoke earnestly and smiled. Tubb caught the smile. After a moment he growled hesitantly:
“Oh, well—I’ll see.”
“Thanks. That’s a promise!”
“’Tain’t either! I didn’t say——”
But Toby was off and Tubb’s protest went unfinished.
CHAPTER IX
YARDLEY PLAYS GREENBURG
Two mornings later Toby again played tennis with Horace Ramsey. This time Horace captured the first set, mainly on his serve, and made Toby work hard to keep ahead in the second. Horace had followed Toby’s advice and had sought and found an opponent the day before, and he was fast reviving his enthusiasm for the game. Although it was perhaps only imagination, Toby thought that the younger boy already showed evidences of benefit from the exercise. To-day he made Horace promise to have Mr. Bendix, the physical director, give him a thorough examination, and on Saturday Horace reported the result of it.