“Is he a scholar?”
“I do not know.”
“Is he logical?”
“I cannot tell. He claimed that he went to school only a few months.”
“How long did you debate with him?”
“Six days.”
“What?” said Doctor Stone in astonishment, “You debated with him six days, and could not tell whether or not he is educated?”
“Well,” continued the university president, in a meditative mood, “I will say that he is—forceful.”
Doctor Stone looked blank for a moment, and then ventured with a smile, “May be he whipped you?”
“I don’t know,” was the guarded answer, “but I am inclined to believe that my people thought he did.” Observing that Stone was intensely interested, Treat inquired: