"[...]to be acting like a wild Indian in the house. Fact is, I had just got some mighty good news over the 'phone. Guess what." "Hal is coming home for the vacation," hazarded Mr. Upton promptly, for these two, father and son, were chums, and he knew just how eagerly Walter had hoped for Hal's homecoming. "Right and wrong, both!" whooped Walter. "You're a good little guesser, Dad, but you didn't guess enough this time. He's home already, and Pat's with him!"[...]."