 
 <prompt> ```CHAPTER IX 

THE FOOTBALL MEETING 

In few days, Dave feel as much at home as ever. Nearly all im old friends don return to Oak Hall, and dormitories Nos. 11 and 12 dey filled with as bright a crowd of lads as fit well be found anywhere. For the number na Gus Plum and Chip Macklin, but Gus no dey bully like before, and Chip don lose hin toadying manner, e don dey manly, and the other students dey treat dem as if dem don always be the best of friends. 

E make Dave heart jolly to see the change for Plum, and e dey happy too for the different way wey Macklin dey behave. 

"I never think say na Gus and Chip fit do am," e talk privately to Roger. "E show wetin pesin fit do if e set hin mind to am." 

"Na to your credit as much as to their own," the senator's pikin talk. "I no believe say Gus for don reform if you no brace am up." 

"I wish say I fit reform Nat Poole." 

"You no go fit do am, Dave--but you fit scare am make e behave." 

"You don meet Guy Frapley, Roger--I mean to talk to am?" 

"Yes, for the gym., where Phil and I dey practice with the Indian clubs." 

"Wetin you think about am?" 

"I think say e dey really want to become the leader of the school. E be leader for Laverport, and e dey pain am well well to dey play second fiddle to anybody here. E and Nat dey close like two peas. Dem tell me say e be great football player, so I suppose say e go try to run the eleven--if the boys go gree make e lead." 

Numbered answers:```
 <response>: ```1. Gus Plum
2. Chip Macklin
3. toadying manner
4. e no dey bully like before again
5. Nos. 11 and 12
6. Yes
7. Roger
8. senator
9. yes
10. E no believe say Gus go don change if you no ginger am."
11. Yes
12. dey practice with the Indian clubs
13. Phi
14. for gym
15. Nat Poole
16. No
17. Yes
18. Laverport
19. Yes
20. Nat``` 