“This is no joking matter!” Bart snarled. “Don’t poke fun at me, Frank Merriwell! It doesn’t go with me for a cent!”
“If you had been given a sense of humor it might be better for you. Unfortunately, you never see the humorous side of anything. You take everything seriously, much to your own discomfort. Happy is the man who can see and understand the humor in everyday life.”
“Well, I’ll guarantee there is nothing humorous in what just happened on the stage.”
“You haven’t told me what happened.”
“Havener gave me a call down.”
“Did he?”
“Did he! did he!” panted Bart. “You say that as if it were of no consequence.”
“Havener is not in the habit of giving anybody a call down unless they deserve it.”
“Oh, it’s plain you think that fellow knows it all. But I’m going to tell you now that I can’t stand his insolence, and I won’t stand it!”
Frank sat down on the lid of his trunk.