Chapter XVIII
HI'S SWIMMING CHALLENGE
The reader may be sure that the members of his baseball squad
had reminded him of his promise to tell them what the man on the
clubhouse steps said.
"I promised I'd tell you, if you won that game," Dick admitted.
"Yes, yes!" the other boys pressed.
"But I didn't say _when_ I'd tell you, did I?"
"You're not going to try to sneak out of it that way, are you,
Dick?" Dave Darrin demanded, as the boys met on Main Street the
following morning, Saturday.
"I'm not going to sneak out of it at all, as you fellows ought
to know," Dick replied. "I'm going to tell you---when the proper
time comes."
"When will that be?" asked Greg. "And that's all we'll get out
of him, no matter how how much we talk!" muttered Tom Reade.
"Here comes Hi Martin," announced Greg. "He has Bill Rodgers
with him."
"It can't be about baseball, anyway," said Dick. "I think Hi
has his fill of that game."
"Good morning," was Martin's greeting, as he and Rodgers approached.
"I have a message for you from North Grammar."
"Deliver it, and we'll sign on the book for it," retorted Reade.
"We're not satisfied to rest the claims of the North Grammar on
baseball alone," Hi went on.
"I shouldn't imagine you would be," Dick smiled.
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