"Give me the whip."
"Then make me the promise?"
"I won't."
"Then I propose to keep it."
"I will have you arrested for theft."
"Do so. I will explain matters to Judge Turner."
Judge Turner, the magistrate before whom such cases came, heartily despised and hated Aaron Wolverton, as the latter knew full well. He would certainly dismiss any charge brought against Bob by such a man. This consideration naturally influenced him.
"Very well," he said, though with an ill grace, "if your mother gave Sam the money, I retract the charge of theft. Nevertheless, as his guardian, I demand that the dollar be given to me."
"Give it to me to keep for you, Sam," said Bob.
Sam gladly took it from his pocket, and threw it towards Bob, who dexterously caught it.