"Asa Cutting, what you think is nothin' to nobody, and what you say had better be the same. Young man, sence Greek is unbeknown to you, may be you'll have better luck with Latin."
"I can read Latin," said Frederick, modestly.
"Do you see them letters on my sign? You can read them out of the window here."
"You mean the motto, 'E pluribus unum,' I suppose?" said Frederick.
"Yes," said the landlord. "What do they stand for now?"
"'One of many,'" said Frederick.
"I thought how it would be," exclaimed the landlord, triumphantly. "'One of many!' What, in the name of common sense, does that mean? No, young man; don't you see they are put under the eagle, and they mean, 'The eagle's flight is out of sight?'"
"I think you are mistaken, Square," said the pertinacious Asa; "I am sure the stranger is right."
"Capen Cutting, you are like a sheep's head, all jaw," said the landlord, with some irritation. "You think you've got more sense than any one about here; but I guess you'll find yourself mistaken. Leftenant Davis, of the United States Army, told me what them words stood for, not more than a year ago, and it's likely he'd know. Young man, I'm afraid you are in a bad way."
Frederick began to think so himself.