He told them they were no good.

I never heard, outside of a Scotch pulpit, such splendid invective." "Is he Scotch ?" said one of the trustees.
"Of Scotch parentage," said the university president.

"I believe he is one of the Dumfarthings of Dunfermline, Dumfries." Everybody said "Oh," and there was a pause.
"Is he married ?" asked one of the trustees.

"I understand," answered Dr.Boomer, "that he is a widower with one child, a little girl." "Does he make any conditions ?" "None whatever," said the chairman, consulting a letter before him, "except that he is to have absolute control, and in regard to salary.
These two points settled, he says, he places himself entirely in our hands." "And the salary ?" asked someone.
"Ten thousand dollars," said the chairman, "payable quarterly in advance." A chorus of approval went round the table.

"Good," "Excellent," "A first-class man," muttered the trustees, "just what we want." "I am sure, gentlemen," said Mr.Dick Overend, voicing the sentiments of everybody, "we do _not_ want a cheap man.