“Yes, clear the aisle, please, Byrd,” called another
“Yes, clear the aisle, please, Byrd,” called another.
“Yes, clear the aisle, please, Byrd,” called another.
salving his conscience by studying his French, jumped up and seized
his cap
Clint, who had cut a recitation to remain within call, and had been
salving his conscience by studying his French, jumped up and seized
his cap.
“Why that unholy smirk on your face?” he asked.
deciding set
But it was quite a different Amy who started in on that third and
deciding set. Holt never had a real chance after the first two games.
Amy took them both, the first 50-0 on his service and the second 30-50
on Holt’s. After that Amy found himself and played tennis that kept the
gallery clapping and approving most of the time. It was only when he had
run the set to 4-0 that he eased up a little and allowed Holt the
consolation of one game. The next went to deuce and hung there some
time, but Amy finally captured it. By that time Holt’s spirit was pretty
well broken and he put up scarcely any defence in the final game and Amy
slammed his serves over almost unchallenged and won a love game.
kill time by viewing the town
As there was not another car until a quarter to five, they set out to
kill time by viewing the town. Thacher was not a very large place and,
after wandering up one side of the main street and down the other,
looking in all the windows, and leisurely partaking of college-ices at
the principal drug store, there was still ten minutes left to be
disposed of. At the moment of making the discovery they were a block
from the square from which the trolley car trundled away to Wharton, and
they could have covered the distance in something like ten seconds from
a standing start. In spite of this, however, they never got that car!
“So you told me?” laughed the other.
“Hi, fellows,” he murmured, without, however, decreasing his pace.
“So you told me?” laughed the other.
“Undoubtedly! Try it some time and see if it isn’t. You’ve got to think
quick, look quick and act quick. If I had my way boxing would be
compulsory, by George!”