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Rh Presently his eyes fell on two open sleighs coming rapidly, one close behind the other.

“I'll bet these are the fellows,” Edward called out; and a group gathered by the wall  to see.

The first sleigh drew near and passed; the four boys in it were strangers who yet looked  as if they might be St. John’s fellows, and who  turned their eyes on the roadside group with  a questioning smile. Then one of them waved his hand, and at that Edward and the others  pulled off their caps and waved a welcome.

By that time the second sleigh was almost abreast of them; there were only three boys  in that, and one of them was Charles. Edward made a rush for it, scrambled in while it flew  by, and the next moment, in the seat beside  his brother, was being introduced to Isham,  who was captain of the team. The other boy was Jackson.

“Hello!” Edward said, with surprise. “I did n’t know you were on the hockey team. Who has to buck up against you this time?”

“Nobody special; I’m going to play cover-