"I'll give you the worst licking you ever had!" exclaimed Joshua, clenching his fists furiously.
"If it isn't any worse than you gave me just now, I can stand it," said Walter.
He was a little angry, also, and this prompted him to speak thus.
Joshua was maddened by this remark, and might have renewed the battle if his father had not imperatively ordered him to leave the store.
"Conrad," said Mr. Drummond, "you have behaved badly. I did not think you were so quarrelsome."
"I don't think I am, sir; but I cannot stand Joshua's treatment."
"Will you promise not to quarrel with him again?"
"That depends on whether he provokes me."
"Of course I can't have you fighting with my son."