He never accepted Hooper as more than a distasteful necessitysomebody must wait on him and do him menial service; he was not feared, indeed, for surely such a dog would not dare to be false, but cordially disliked.

Lewis batted to Herzog, who made a fine play on the ball and caught Hooper at the plate.

"But we thank you, Mr. Hooper, for your kind words and for inviting all these good friends and our classmates, and we thank you and good Mrs. Hooper for this bully spread and everything!"

The first edition was published by Hooper in one volume, price five shillings (Gent.

Come, dear" "I'll be with you right off, me boy!" said Mr. Hooper to Gus, and presently they were in the library alone.