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`` Oh , dear ! '' grunted Hazy , but he went at his task without further remarks . Before one o'clock everything was in readiness for going forward again , save for putting the horse between the shafts of the wagon . Prescott , however , put a proposition to rest until two o'clock before his chums . It was unanimously carried . Despite his desire for a walking record that day , Darry proved quite willing to lie off at full length in the shade of the trees and doze as much as the flies would permit . Dick and Tom strolled slowly down toward the road , halting by a couple of trees .