"I'm goin' to get a lickin', ain't I?"
"We're goin' to get one, too, ain't we?"
"I wouldn't lie for money."
"No; you'd get somebody to lie for you," said Wendell, scornfully.
"Yer little brothers," added Paul.
"I wouldn't steal, anyway," retorted Henry. For a moment they were silent.
"Hello, fellers," yelled a boy from the street.
"Hello, Tom," replied the trio.
"Don't make any noise," cautioned Henry as Tommy Tweedie came up to the steps.