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`` I guess our folks wo n't kick , '' Bob conjectured confidently . `` I notice that they 're getting almost as much interested in the game as we are . Besides we wo n't have to stay in the city over night . The show 's in the afternoon as well as the evening and we can be home before ten o'clock . '' `` We 'll put it up to them anyway , '' replied Joe . They did `` put it up '' to their parents with such effect that their consent was readily obtained , though strict promises were exacted that they would spend only the afternoon in the city and take the early evening train for home . It was a hilarious group that made their way to the city the next day , full of eager expectations of the wonders to be seen , expectations that were realized to the full .