CHAPTER XXVIII 



Playtime 



William made Snowball a swing in one of the 

 mango trees, but he tried to do all the fancy tricks 

 the monkey did and naturally came to grief. For- 

 tunately, he landed on his head. In order to com- 

 fort him, Edna got some little round palm-nuts and 

 bright-colored beans and played marbles with him, 

 but the nuts would disappear every time they turned 

 their backs. Henry then came to the rescue and 

 dressed Snowball up like an African chief, with shield 

 and spear and painted face, which pleased him 

 immensely. 



Edna sat in the summerhouse watching the boys 

 running, jumping, climbing trees, throwing the lasso, 

 pitching ball with oranges, and playing croquet 

 with cocoanuts. It was amazing how they had im- 

 proved physically. "If they ever get to college," 

 she thought to herself, "they will certainly show 

 the other fellows something. It will be like Tarzan 

 of the Apes coming back to civilization." 



"The monkey broke up the game," said William, 



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