"We couldn't help it, father."
"Could you not have settled your differences by a peaceful discussion of the matter, calling in the assistance of unprejudiced opinion, if need be?"
"No, father. He was sure he could whip me and I was sure I could whip him, and there was only one way to find out."
"So you've been fighting again! Didn't you stop and spell your names, as I told you?"
"Y-yes; we did—but my name's Algernon Percival, an' his is Jim!"—Judge.
FINANCE
"Dad," said little Reginald, "what is a bucket-shop?"
"A bucket-shop, my son," said the father, feelingly, "a bucket-shop is a modern cooperage establishment to which a man takes a barrel and brings back the bung-hole."—Puck.