"I did it, really. Of course I can't shoot as well as you."
"I don't think there is a boy in the village can come up to me in that line," said James.
"Of course not; though Mark Manning isn't a bad shot."
"Mark Manning! He's one of the peggers in my father's shop, isn't he?"
"Yes."
"Son of the poor widow that lives near the schoolhouse?"
"Yes."
"What can he know of gunning? He had better stick to the shop."
"I didn't say he was equal to you," said Tom apologetically, "but I have seen him shoot well."
"Has he a gun of his own?"