"Now let up, all of you!" burst out Joe. "This isn't a negro minstrels——"
"Great Cæsar! he takes us for coons," interrupted Matt. "Ma beloved brefren, dis am an outrage!" he added, in negro dialect. "I'se gwine to pass an amendment to de Constitution dat——"
Organizing the club.
"If you open your mouth again I'll vote to take you down in the back yard and duck you in the cistern!" came from Fred. "Really, fellows," he continued, calmly, "let us settle down to business."
"That's it—to business!" cried half a dozen. "We can have our fun after the meeting is over."
"Well, what is there to do?" questioned Frank, after a pause.
"I move we make Link Darrow temporary chairman," came from Bart. "It's his clubroom."