Boone would expect him to be there.

The assembled fellows were hoping he would drop in. The boys who had
resigned were there, too. Frank's noble conduct had refuted all charges
against himself and the Club. The crowd, knowing his quiet ways, feared
that he would not come. But when he arrived, it was the same old thing
over again. Cheers, hand-shakes, howling, thumping, the way that boys
have of saying what they most want to say.

After a while, he went upstairs. Father Boone was expecting him. He
entered smiling. Father Boone was smiling too. But as they looked at
each other in silence, the strong man and the brave boy saw tears in
each other's eyes. They grasped hands. And they looked, as it were, each
into the other's soul. For they understood.

For a long time they sat in silence, pensive, peaceful. At length Father
Boone broke the silence. It was no word of congratulation, no reference
to the game.

"Well, Frank, God's way is the best way."

Another spell of silence. This was broken by Frank.

"I remember, Father, that you said life was a mirage. I've been thinking
of poor Bill, and how he misunderstood us, and of how you were mistaken
in me, and how I misjudged you. We saw so much that really was not
there at all."

"It's good to realize that so early in life, Frank. I've found from
experience that most trouble comes from misunderstanding. Why God
permits it, we do not know. I suppose it is to try us."

"You know so much about life, Father, why don't you write a book on it?"

"I may some day, Frank, and if I do I shall put you in it and call it
'Mirage.'"

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Transcriber's note:

Repeated book title was deleted.

Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.

Page 5, "genererally" changed to "generally" (and found generally)

Page 33, "accidently" changed to "accidentally" (meet him
_accidentally_)

Page 41, "Her's" changed to "Hers" (Hers was not)

Page 100, "responsibilty" changed to "responsibility" (to shirk
responsibility)

Page 234, "her's" changed to "hers" (hand in hers)

Page 253, "their's" changed to "theirs" (theirs without half)

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