"Your father can tell you that too."
"What a stiff, disobliging boy you are!" exclaimed Brandon, angrily. "Why can't you tell me yourself?"
"I think your father would prefer to tell you himself."
"Dean you can't want that button. I'll give you twenty-five cents for it."
"I never give away gifts," returned Dean.
When Brandon later on plied his father with questions the latter declined to gratify his curiosity.
"But why did you give Dean the sleeve button, papa?"
"As a reward for his honesty. There, I'm tired of the whole subject, and prefer to drop it."
"I wish you had given me the sleeve button."
"I'll buy you a new pair when I go to Philadelphia. Will that do?"