CHAPTER XXVIII 
LITTLE JOSEPH WINS THE TOURNAMENT 
OSEPH has just won the tennis tournament, 
^ playing against several boys that were consid- 
erably larger than he. In the beginning, hardly any 
one thought he had a show of winning, Ben and 
Harry least of all. He kept on, however, steadily 
holding his own, until in the end there was no one 
left whom he had not beaten. 
When it was over, every one shook his hand and 
said how well he had played. He was more em- 
barrassed at this than he had been uneasy over the 
last set, which had been so excitingly close. 
“So the honours are yours, Master Joseph,” 
Miss Wiseman said; and Mr. Hayden shook his 
hand as he does when he is most like the merry 
west wind. 
“If I were a few years younger,” he said, “I 
would tackle you myself. Those boys of mine are 
too idle to play against such muscle.” With this, 
he gave Joseph’s arm a squeeze. 
Mr. Percy did not play in the tournament. He 
told Joseph that he was delighted he had won, and 
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