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This brought whoops from Cat and Jimmy and a slightly pained look from the sensitive Legs.

"Cheer up, Legs, and listen to the dose Jimmy gets:

Jimmy here got all that was coming to him from his two chums, and the ginger-ale went its way merrily.

"Now, look here, fellows," exhorted Hardy, "Hope you didn't take that seriously? I meant just the opposite, didn't I, Turner? You're the swellest lot of chaps I know, but I just wanted to see how you'd take a little merry knocking.