"I don't intend to wear any uniform," replied Life Windham. "I am not a monkey, a soldier, or a policeman."
"As the rest of us are neither soldiers nor policemen, I suppose you regard us as monkeys," added Dory, laughing.
"I don't say that you are monkeys, only that you are dressed like monkeys," replied Life.
"I think you are making a mistake, and I hope you will consider well what you are about," continued Dory seriously. "My uncle pays for the clothes of all the students, and it seems to me he ought to be allowed to say what the garments should be."
"If Captain Gildrock wanted you to go about town with a chapeau on your head, should you be willing to do it?" demanded Life, with considerable vim in his tones.
"But he don't ask you to wear a chapeau, or even a soldier's cap. You argue against something that is ridiculous, instead of the actual thing," returned Dory warmly. "It is a common cap, just such a one as you wore when you came to Beech Hill, only there are four letters on it."
"It is a uniform, any way, and we are all to be punished because two fellows drank beer in a saloon," persisted Life.
"There is no punishment about it."
"Didn't Captain Gildrock say we were to wear a uniform because two of the fellows drank beer?" demanded Life.