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Then it 's also a baking day , so there 'll be fresh bread rolls , as brown on the outside as nuts in November . Whew ! I just ca n't hold back any longer , '' and with that Horatio started on a dog-trot through a short cut-off that would take him to a gate in the back fence of his home grounds . So presently when Owen and `` Just '' Smith had also separated themselves from the balance there were only Thad and Hugh remaining ; nor did they waste any time in talking , for a high-school boy is generally ferociously hungry by the time two in the afternoon comes around ; although at intermission , around eleven in the morning , in Scranton High they were given an opportunity to buy a lunch from the counter where a few substantial things , as well as fresh milk and chocolate , were dispensed by a woman who was under the supervision of the school directors . `` Since our baseball practice is off for today , Thad , '' remarked Hugh , as they were about to separate , `` suppose you drop over and join me . I 've got an errand out a short distance in the country , and we can walk it , as the roads are too muddy and slippery for our wheels . '' `` Yes , I have hated riding on slippery roads ever since I had that nasty spill , and hurt my elbow last winter , '' replied the other , rubbing his left arm tenderly at the same time , as though even the recollection after months had passed caused him to have tender memories of the pain he had endured .