"Now then, boys, are you ready?" "I am " "Been ready for the last five minutes " "Sure you've got all the snowballs you can carry?" "I couldn't carry any more if I tried," came from Sam Rover, with a grin. "Just see how I am loaded up," and he glanced down at both hands, which were filled with snowballs, and at the snowballs held under either arm. "I've got some dandy hard ones," put in Spud Jackson. "Oh, you can't use soakers, Spud " cried Stanley Browne, who was the leader of the snowballing contingent. "That's against the rules."