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`` We raised all the spare cash there was in the class , and there was only enough to send four of us . We drew lots . If it had n't been you , I do n't believe the professor would have let us off . Any way , we missed the noon train , and were afraid , all the way here , that we 'd be too late . Do you two fellows have to sleep in those ` cubby-holes ' ? '' `` Certainly , '' said I ; `` they 're big enough . '' `` Do n't believe it , '' said Harry Alden ; `` they 're too short . ''