you'd ask him, anyway. I suppose he isn't in this evening?"
"No, he and mamma went out to make a call. Maybe he will be back before you go, though."
"Does he usually stay out until midnight?" said Lanny innocently. Louise blushed a little.
"You're quite horrid this evening," she charged. "If you want me to make that pennant for you, you'd better behave yourself."
"I'll do the nicest thing I know," returned Lanny sweetly. "I'll go home!"
The next afternoon Clearfield played Fernwood High School on the diamond and beat the visiting nine decisively, 14 to 3. The work of the purple team was rather ragged and neither Haley nor Nostrand, both of whom pitched that afternoon, was in good form. Hits were frequent on both sides, but Clearfield's performance in the field prevented many runs by the visitors. Fernwood, on the other hand, had two bad innings, during which their infield threw the ball wild, and errors, coupled with some timely hitting by Bryan, Cotner and Merrick, in especial, enabled the home team to pile up a safe score before the game was half over. As Lanny was working with the track men that afternoon, his place was taken by Terry Carson,
and the substitute caught a nearly perfect game
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