"Do you suppose I'll allow that rascal Skeelty to dictate to us for a single minute?
Not by a jug full! And the reason the men dislike you is because you pounded some of them unmercifully when they annoyed my girls.

Where did you learn to use your fists so cleverly, Smith ?" "I don't know, sir." "Well, you have earned our gratitude, and we're going to stand by you.

I don't mind a bit of a row, when I'm on the right side of an argument.

Do you ?" "Not at all, sir; but the young ladies--" "They're pretty good fighters, too; so don't worry." Thursday was silent a moment.

Then he said: "Fitzgerald and Doane tell me they're going to quit, Saturday." "It is true," replied Patsy.