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 there are very few people in this country who take any interest in archery, and sportsmen, as a general thing, look upon the long bow as a toy; but they always change their minds when they see what it can be made to do in the hands of an expert. Now take those two boys, for example," added Arthur, directing Loren's attention to the master bowman and his bugler. "It isn't every rifle shot who can break as many glass balls in the air as they can."

"Who are they?" inquired Tom. "We noticed them particularly during the drill."

"They are Wayring and Sheldon. Would you like to know them? They're good fellows."

Arthur looked at Tom as he said this, but Tom didn't act as though he heard him. He wasn't anxious to make the acquaintance of boys who could beat him at any thing, but his cousins were not so mean spirited.

"Certainly we would," replied Ralph. "It looks now as though we were coming here to live; and if we do, we should like to know something about the boys into whose company we shall be thrown."