"Yes, really."
"What are you going to do about it?"
"If you insist in indulging in such language in the future I will give you even a worse whipping than I gave you this noon."
"What, did you fight?" cried Mrs. Ricket.
"He attacked me and I defended myself," replied Hal. "He is down on me for taking the situation from which he was discharged."
"I know that."
"If I had known he was boarding here I would not have applied to you——"
"You bet he wouldn't," put in Ferris.
"Not that I am afraid of your nephew," went on Hal. "But I do not wish to cause any trouble."
"You have caused no trouble, Mr. Carson," returned Mrs. Ricket.