Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction; Football stories; School sports -- Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
Clif was glad that the next day was Sunday.
He could lie abed a half-hour later, which was something to rejoice
over, and, save for church at eleven o’clock, no duties claimed him
until study hour at eight. He awoke before the rising bell and had a
full ten minutes in which to stretch his lame muscles and accustom
himself to the thought of getting up. The muscles were not as sore
as he had expected they would be, and by the time he was ready for
breakfast he felt quite fit. As though having atoned overnight for his
talkativeness, Walter spoke but twice during dressing, and then only
when spoken to.
In the afternoon Clif and Tom went to walk. They set out to find the
golf links since, although the students were not allowed to play the
game on Sunday, there were certain club members whose views were less
strict than Doctor Wyndham’s, and Tom had a mind to select a promising
twosome and follow it around, his idea of spending a Sunday afternoon
pleasantly being to derive entertainment from others at as slight a
cost of physical or mental exertion to himself as possible. But his
plan went agley since a full half-hour’s search failed to discover the
links. Billy Desmond had said it was a good mile from the school, and
so far he had proved truthful, but the rest of his information had
been purposely misleading. Perhaps Billy’s idea of spending a pleasant
Sunday afternoon was to sit comfortably in Number 34, surrounded by
pages of the morning paper, and mentally picture Tom and Clif seeking a
golf course where there never had been one!
They located it finally, however. Having abandoned search for it, they
climbed Baldhead Mountain, which deserved only the first half of its
title and presented few difficulties, and from the bare granite ledge
on the summit saw figures moving about over a green expanse some two
miles distant. The figures were recognizable as men playing golf. Tom
said “Huh!” disgustedly and resolutely turned his gaze away.
Well, there were more things than golf courses to be seen. On a clear
day, such as this was, one could look into three states from the
summit of Baldhead. Since, however, there was no way of telling where
Connecticut merged into Massachusetts or where Massachusetts became New
York one’s satisfaction in the feat was somewhat dimmed. Tom declared
that the different states should have signs on them.
It was warm up there on the sloping, weather-worn ledge, but the breeze
prevented discomfort. Tom hugged his knees, sending a puzzled look
toward the distant links. Finally he seemed to see a light, for he said
“_By heck!_” in a most explosive fashion, following it, after a moment
of grim silence, with: “But I’ll get even with Billy!”
Later Clif recalled Walter’s revelations about the boy in the wheel
chair, and he proceeded to spring the news on Tom. “Say, who do you
suppose he is?” he asked, having introduced the subject.
“King Tut,” said Tom, hurling a pebble into the distance.
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