Tillie turned away to obey.
"Now, Jake, what are you up to?" his sister demanded as the girl left the room.
"Do you suppose I'd leave her KEEP them caps she stole the money off of me to buy?" Getz retorted.
"She earnt the money!" maintained Mrs. Wackernagel.
"The money wasn't hern, and I'd sooner throw them caps in the rag-bag than leave her wear 'em when she disobeyed me to buy 'em."
"Jake Getz, you're a reg'lar tyrant! You mind me of Herod yet—and of Punshus Palate!"
"Ain't I followin' Scripture when I train up my child to obey to her parent?" he wanted to know.
"Now look-ahere, Jake; I'll give you them fifty cents and make a present to Tillie of them caps if you'll leave her keep 'em."
But in spite of his yearning for the fifty cents, Mr. Getz firmly refused this offer. Paternal discipline must be maintained even at a financial loss. Then, too, penurious and saving as he was, he was strictly honest, and he would not have thought it right to let his sister pay for his child's necessary wearing-apparel.
"No, Tillie's got to be punished. When I want her to have new caps, I'll buy 'em fur her."