"If he isn't punished," asserted the glowering manager, "he'll get worse and worse and end by going to the devil."
"Perhaps," replied the captain. "But just stand beside him a moment, please. Don't dodge, Danny. He'll go behind the bars if he touches you. Stand side by side."
They did so.
"Now," said the captain to the manager, "how do you think you'll look, standing beside him in the police court and accusing him of assault and battery?"
"Like a fool," replied the manager promptly, forced to laugh in spite of himself.
"And what kind of a story—illustrated story—will it be for the papers?" persisted the captain.
"Let him go," said the manager; "but he ought to be whaled."
It was at this point that Dan arrived, accompanied by his wife.
"F'r why sh'u'd he be whaled?" demanded the latter aggressively.
The matter was explained to her.