"But I haven't been doin' anything that wasn't square," Joe replied, with a trembling voice.
"Then what's a couple of lawyers advertisin' you for?" Tim Morgan asked, shrilly. "Do you s'pose sich folks want'er catch a feller what sells papers, jest to look at him?"
"DAN POINTED TO AN ADVERTISEMENT."
"See here, Tim, you know me, an' you know I never did a mean thing to anybody in my life."
"Then what they advertisin' yer for?"
"Say, fellers, I wouldn't try to make out—"
"Now, Joe, this ain't any time for you to stuff us," Dan Fernald said, impatiently. "If you hadn't done anything crooked, your name wouldn't be right there in them big letters. You've allers been willin' to do us a good turn, an' we're goin' to pay you back. You've got to skip! An' you've got to skip bloomin' quick!"