“Yes, several times, but he only smiled and said he guessed it wasn’t quite practical—”
“Practicable,” corrected Chub.
“Practical!”
“Practicable; I noticed especially and thought what a nice word it was.”
“Look here, I’m chairman, and if I say practical—”
“Practical it is,” said Chub. “I’ll lick the first fellow that says anything else. I remember perfectly—”
“Cut it out, you two, and talk sense!” said Dick. “Do you mean that he has forbidden us to go ahead with it?”
Roy looked at Chub and Chub looked at Roy, and presently each shook his head.
“No, he didn’t forbid anything,” answered Roy finally. “He just laughed and—and—”