“I say,” said he, deliberately, “that you must pay one thousand dollars and confess your sin.”
The man cursed the doctor with great laughter, and dared him to do his worst. The joke still had point.
“I warn you,” said the doctor, “that I will arrest you if you do not do precisely as I say.”
The man pointed out to the doctor that his magisterial district lay elsewhere, and again defied him.
“Very true,” said the doctor; “but I warn you that I have a crew quite capable of taking you into it.”
The joke was losing its point. But the man blustered that he, too, had a crew.
“You must make sure,” said the doctor, “that they love you well enough to fight for you. On Sunday evening,” he continued, “you will appear at the church at seven o’clock and confess your sin before the congregation; and next week you will pay the money as I have said.”
“I’ll see you in h—ll first!” replied the man, defiantly.
“A CREW QUITE CAPABLE OF TAKING YOU INTO IT”