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For the time being Ralph forgot all about the fact that he was nearly due on the baseball field that afternoon. Sam Smalling's words seemed to indicate that he might be in possession of some knowledge concerning the things which the boy was fairly wild to know.
"Oh! what do you mean? " he asked, in trembling tones, as he came back to clutch the sleeve of the man's shirt eagerly, and fasten a pair of anxious eyes on his face.