preparation for that coming war--saw him and Richard Hunt, as lieutenant,
drilling them in the campus, and the sight thrilled him as nothing else,
except Margaret, had ever done. Many times he met the Dean brothers on the
playground and in the streets, but there was no sign that he was known until
he was called to the blackboard one day in geometry, the only course in which
he had not been sent to the "kitchen." Then Chad saw Harry turn quickly when
the professor called his name. Confused though he was for a moment, he gave
his demonstration in his quaint speech with perfect clearness and without
interruption from the professor, who gave the boy a keen look as he said,
quietly:

"Very good, sir!" And Harry could see his fingers tracing in his class-book
the figures that meant a perfect recitation.

"How are you, Chad?" he said in the hallway afterward.

"Howdye!" said Chad, shaking the proffered hand.

"I didn't know you--you've grown so tall. Didn't you know me?"

"Yes."

"Then why didn't you speak to me?"

"'Cause you didn't know ME."

Harry laughed. "Well, that isn't fair. See you again."

"All right," said Chad.