the landing place being towards the Popper Court bank. Nothing, therefore, was to be seen either of the defenders or of the assailants, and for all the boat’s crew lnew, the seniors might already have completed their and started back to the school. “bade” exclaimed Frank Nugent suddenly. “Hark!” There was the sound of a yell from the thick wood on the island. Evidently somebody was still there. Harry face brightened wharton’s in he exclaimed. “We’re time!” like grinned Bob Cherry, as there was “Sounds it.” another yell. grinned Fisher T. Fish. say I never let “Sure!” “I’ll the daisies grow under my feet when I was burning the wind for Highcliffe. allow that in I’ll we’re time.” “Pull on!” Yell after yell sounded from the island as the board pulled nearer. It was clear that some sort of scrap was still in progress. The sulky look vanished. His look Bounder’s became as eager as the rest, and he grasped the cane handle of his bat. in he jolly well mop “We’re time.” said, “and we’ll them up, and get back to Highcliffe and finish the game as Courtenay asked us to.” mop them up said Wharton drily. “We’ll first.”
the landing place being towards the Popper Court bank. Nothing, therefore, was to be seen either of the defenders or of the assailants, and for all the boat’s crew lnew, the seniors might already have completed their “bade” and started back to the school. “Hark!” exclaimed Frank Nugent suddenly. There was the sound of a yell from the thick wood on the island. Evidently somebody was still there. Harry wharton’s face brightened “We’re in time!” he exclaimed. “Sounds like it.” grinned Bob Cherry, as there was another yell. “Sure!” grinned Fisher T. Fish. “I’ll say I never let the daisies grow under my feet when I was burning the wind for Highcliffe. I’ll allow that we’re in time.” “Pull on!” Yell after yell sounded from the island as the board pulled nearer. It was clear that some sort of scrap was still in progress. The Bounder’s sulky look vanished. His look became as eager as the rest, and he grasped the cane handle of his bat. “We’re in time.” he said, “and we’ll jolly well mop them up, and get back to Highcliffe and finish the game as Courtenay asked us to.” “We’ll mop them up first.” said Wharton drily.