Next morning when Henry Morley tendered his resignation and went to live with his daughter on a farm in the country, the officers felt that their deductions of the evening before had been amply verified.
But among those whose opinion really amounted to anything Sube and Gizzard were heroes.
CHAPTER XV
BISCUIT LEARNS TO SWIM
Biscuit Westfall's mother was a prudent woman; she had laid down the law that Biscuit could not go in swimming until after he had learned to swim. But when Biscuit tried to explain this to his friends, he succeeded only in raising a shout of tantalizing laughter. And although Biscuit knew that it was wicked to allow his angry passions to arise, he seemed to be unable to control them. To stoop to the inelegant, the ridicule "got his goat."
"You ack like a lot of boneheads!" he burst out finally. "What's the matter of you, anyway?"
No words were said in reply, but the tantalizing laughter increased in volume.
"Go on, laugh!" he cried angrily. "And when you get through, laugh some more. What do I care?"
Another outburst was the only response.