"What have you to do with this matter?" demanded the rich young man, staring harshly at our hero.
"This man is my friend, and I don't want to see him swindled," said our hero.
"Swindled!"
"That's it. You ordered some books on poisons from him, and now you don't want to pay for 'em. It's a swindle and an outrage. He's a poor man, and you haven't any right to treat him so."
"Boy, if you speak like that to me, I'll have you put under arrest," stormed Homer Bulson in a rage.
"You must take the books," put in George Van Pelt, growing braver through what Nelson was saying. "If you won't take them, I'll sue you for the amount."
"Sue me?"
"Yes, sue you."
"And I'll put the reporters on the game," added the newsboy. "They like to get hold of society notes." And he grinned suggestively.
At this Homer Bulson's face became filled with horror. For more reasons than one he did not wish this affair to become public property.