Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction; Hockey -- Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
“Oh, you know Arn?”
Toby nodded, hugging his knees up to his chin. “It was Arnold who got
me to come here to school. His folks have a summer place over on Long
Island where I live. Greenhaven. Ever been there?”
Crowell shook his head.
“Nice place,” continued Toby thoughtfully. “Arnold and I got acquainted
and he talked so much about this school that I just made up my mind I’d
come here. So I did.”
“Like it now you’re here?” asked the other boy, smiling.
“Oh, yes! Yes, I’m glad I came, all right. Of course――” Toby glanced
about the room――“I’m not what you’d call luxuriously fixed up here,
but I’ve got the room to myself, and that’s good, because if I had a
room-mate he might object to my staying up all hours pressing clothes.
Besides, it was just about the only room I could afford.”
“Yes, I suppose it’s just about all right for you,” agreed the other
dubiously. “Do you――do you do pretty well?”
“Fair. It gets me enough to keep going on. I don’t charge much, you
see, and it’s easier for fellows to bring their things to me than to
take them to the village or over to Greenburg. It was sort of hard
getting started. Fellows thought at first I couldn’t do it, I guess.
But now they keep me pretty busy. To-day’s been a whopper. Every one
wants his things pressed to go home in. I’m almost done, though. Only
got three more suits――and these trousers of yours. Those won’t take me
long. I’ll be through in a couple of hours.”
“I shouldn’t think you’d have time to do anything else,” commented
Crowell. “When do you get outdoors? And how about studying?”
“Oh, I have plenty of time. I get up at six, and that gives me a good
hour before chapel. And then I have another hour at eleven, and, since
football’s been over, an hour or so in the afternoon.”
“Did you go out for football?”
“Yes, I had a try at it. I was on the second about three weeks and then
they dropped me and I played on my class team. It was lots of fun, but
it took too much time.”
“Yes, it does take time,” granted Crowell. “When I started in in my
second year I was in trouble with the office all the time.”
“I’d certainly like to be able to play it the way you do,” said Toby
admiringly. “I guess it takes a lot of practice, though.”
“Oh, I’m not much good at it,” responded Crowell, modestly. “Did you
see the Broadwood game?”
“No, I didn’t have time. And it cost too much. I wanted to, though.
I’ll see it next year, when they play here.”
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