But he struck that out, and said "All men are equal.

I will not disown my principles.

These men are as good as I am." Tracy was become popular on the lower floors also.

Everybody was grateful for Allen's reduction to the ranks, and for his transformation from a doer of outrages to a mere threatener of them.

The young girls, of whom there were half a dozen, showed many attentions to Tracy, particularly that boarding house pet Hattie, the landlady's daughter.
She said to him, very sweetly, "I think you're ever so nice." And when he said, "I'm glad you think so, Miss Hattie," she said, still more sweetly, "Don't call me Miss Hattie--call me Puss." Ah, here was promotion! He had struck the summit.