"That's it; and we will give them some of the same sauce," said Phil Gawner, with a threatening shake of the head.
"That's the very thing we will not do!" exclaimed Dory, with very heavy emphasis. "If the Chesterfields behave in an ungentlemanly manner, there is not the slightest reason why we should do so."
"Do you mean to let them call us names?" demanded Lick Milton, with a great show of indignation.
"I am not responsible for what they do: only for what I do myself," answered the coxswain, with dignity enough for the principal of a high school.
"But we are not going to shut our mouths and let them insult us," protested Ben Ludlow.
"What do you mean by insulting you, Ben?" asked Dory quietly.
"They call us members of the 'Tinkers' Institute;' and that is an insult to the school to which we belong. For one, I won't stand it!"
"What do you intend to do about it?"
"I mean to pay them back in their own coin."
"Call them dudes, kid-glovers, exquisites, dandies, milksops, and anything else we can think of," added Ned Bellows.