Bobby Blake on the School Nine; Or, The Champions of the Monatook Lake League

ng away from home and leaving relatives and friends behind, especially when the parting is going to last for

r irrepressible spirits soon asserted themselves and cause

with their school chums in Clinton. Their depression was but for the moment and was over the thought of leaving behind so much fu

to their feelings without causing annoyance to others. They snatched each other's caps and threw them in the aisles or

see who would get to the cooler first. Fred won and got first drink while Mouser waited for his turn. B

ted Fred, half choking from the effor

l suddenly Fred saw a ch

ome words engraved on the lower part of the coole

antage of his stooping position, tipped his glass

s spine. He straightened up with a jerk and chased Fred down the aisle,

obby as soon as he could speak. "You want to use

making frantic efforts to stuff

uckled Pee Wee. "Seems to me i

eered Fred, who was delighted

's a long worm that has no turning," he

lf, although he tried to keep up his di

and Fred had had the luck to get the seat that faced forward. Mouser an

all the best of it

hould be. Nothing's too good for Bobby and me. The

ght to be satisfied with what they can get. You fellows

emselves, don't they?" Mous

odest little flowe

ing them and firing them

m. "Pee Wee might fall on one of us, and the

ton of brick on top of

l draw straws for it and the fellows that ge

Fred with an air of candor. "Only there aren't any stra

cried Mouser. "Here's an old letter and we'll m

he open. "Give me the letter and I'll m

air?" asked Mous

an air of of

k I'm a croo

ng way. "A fellow that will pour water down my back

t proceeded briskly to tear the strips. The boys drew and Bobby ha

said Fred as he squeezed in beside the fat

to charge him double

nly smile

"He looks just like the cat

Pee Wee happy," put in Fred. "A canary

s this morning," chuckled Bobby. "Honestly, fellows, I thought tha

ght," laughed Pee Wee. "I had all I coul

ay, fellows! stop talking about them or you'll m

Fred. "Here comes the train boy.

vishly and munched

coming down!" exclaimed Fr

a fact," ag

settled in for a regular

e a blizzard," s

the view so that the boys could scarcely see the telegraph poles at the side of the track. A fierce

in getting to Rockledge," rema

hough, a little further on, where the track runs through a gul

eat on the train if we should g

k of his stomach the f

id Mouser. "And we're still a good way from t

long as the candy and peanu

re isn't much nourishment in the

hat got on at the way stations looked like so many polar bears

ing back in his seat. "There's no use borrowing trou

rked Mouser. "After what we went through up in t

ked Fred. "You'd think, to hear him talk

maintained Mouser. "I'll bet they never had a snowsli

ght of what had been almost a tragedy during their recent holiday at Snowto

put in Fred. "We did some good little running that day

if it hadn't been for good old Don," added Mou

from the bear's claws while

got a letter from my uncle a couple of days ago,

there was no station in sight. It backed up for perhaps three hundred feet, put on all steam and again

each other in