At supper there was a big round flat piece of wood tied with a rope at my place and on it was printed "Sneaker's Badge."

" Nevertheless, she had to wear them, and the physical instructor put the others through a rigid inspection, but bloomers and sneakers were all properly donned.

I am none of those sneakers.

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" "I wonder what she'll be like," ruminated Oh-Pshaw, standing on one foot to tie the sneaker she had just substituted for her high traveling shoe.

Oh-Pshaw with her bloomers down around her ankles in a Turkish effect, to hide the fact that she had on only one stocking; Jean with her sweater buttoned tightly around her, Katherine with her red silk tie bound around one knee to gather up the fullness of her bloomer leg, for the elastic band had burst from the strain of accommodating two feet at once; and Tiny had one white sneaker and one red Pullman slipper on.

Wilbur wore belted trousers of no distinction, rubber-soled sneakers of a neutral tint, and a sweater now so low in tone that the precise intention of its original shade was no longer to be divined.

He refused to wear, save on state occasions, any of the beautiful new garments, and again went forth in the cap and dingy sneakers, the trousers without character, and the indeterminate sweater which would persist in looking soiled even after relentless washing.

His Job on this Earth was to put on a pair of Pneumatic Sneakers every Morning and go out and Investigate Other People's Affairs.

I have just left the Right Worshipful and his Myrmidons about a Sneaker of Five Gallons.

Two of my companions, who are grown old in idleness, are Tom Tempest and Jack Sneaker.

Jack Sneaker is a hearty adherent to the present establishment; he has known those who saw the bed into which the Pretender was conveyed in a warming-pan.

His heart was full of bitterness Throwing sticks in the water to scare the fish A crawler, a creeper, a toddler, a stumbler, and a sneaker James Mrs. Jones came out to take care of the butter

[Illustration: A crawler, A creeper, A toddler, A stumbler, and A sneaker.]