. Left tackle Thayer . f relief. 1 i Gee, he muttered, this is fine! Pull the blanket up, murmured Clint witha pathetic effort at humour. Amy chuckledweakly. I cant reach it, he said. Guess its onthe floor. Anyway, the night air is very bene-ficial. Could you eat anything if you had it,Amy? Shut up, for the love of Mike! I could eat 88 LEFT TACKLE THAYER X a kitchen range. Clint, did I cast any aspersionsawhile ago on cold lamb? Uh-huh, said the other faintly. I was afraid so. I wish I hadnt now. A great, big platter of cold lamb would—would Oh, say, I could love it to death! Gee, but Imtired!
. Left tackle Thayer . f relief. 1 i Gee, he muttered, this is fine! Pull the blanket up, murmured Clint witha pathetic effort at humour. Amy chuckledweakly. I cant reach it, he said. Guess its onthe floor. Anyway, the night air is very bene-ficial. Could you eat anything if you had it,Amy? Shut up, for the love of Mike! I could eat 88 LEFT TACKLE THAYER X a kitchen range. Clint, did I cast any aspersionsawhile ago on cold lamb? Uh-huh, said the other faintly. I was afraid so. I wish I hadnt now. A great, big platter of cold lamb would—would Oh, say, I could love it to death! Gee, but Imtired! And sleepy, too. Arent you! Clints response was a long, contented grunted. I see youre not, he He pushed himself a little closer to Clint for warmth and closed his eves. •/ Many times they stirred and muttered andreached for bedclothes that were not there, butI doubt if either of them once really fully awokeuntil a sudden glare of light illumined the hutand flashed on their closed Now and then they spoke, but so softly that the boyscould not hear what was said CHAPTER VIII THE MYSTERIOUS AUTO THEY awoke then, alarmed and confused, andstared with sleepy eyes at the white radiancewhich, entering door and window, showed withstartling detail the bare walls of their as they looked the light vanished and, bycontrast, the darkness seemed blacker than ever. Awake, Amy? whispered Clint Yes. Say, what the dickens was that? i i 1 dont know. Listen! From somewhere not far away came the steadypurring of a motor car. Their minds didnt workvery quickly yet, and it was fully a minute beforeClint exclaimed: An auto! Then we must benear the road! He scrambled to his feet and crept, unsteadilybecause of chilled limbs, to the doorway. Amyfollowed. At first there was nothing to be night was still cloudy. But the sound of therunning motor reached them distinctly, and, aftera minute of strained peering into the darkness,they made out a line
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