“No, I’m not starting to hedge, only it’s got to be a stunt. Suppose you dared me to go and buy you a pack of cigarettes. Nothing doing, I’m not so easy as that.”
“Suppose I dared yer to bust a winder.”
“Maybe that would be different,” said Hervey.
“Suppose I dared yer ter—ter—tie a tin can on one uv them cars.”
“Maybe that would be all right,” said Hervey.
“Yer ain’t such a bad kid. Suppose—no, gee, yer only a kid.”
“Go on, what is it?” Hervey urged.
“I dare yer ter—ter get a bottle and bust it up and throw it down in front of one uv them cars—dat big Packard over dare.”
“No, sir, what’s the use of cutting somebody’s tire? Anybody could do that. You call that a stunt?”
“Yer scared a gettin’ caught.”