"I should say it was thorough, sir!" "Then I wish that the incident would make sufficient impression on you to last you a few days," went on Mr.Dodge bitterly.

"I doubt it, however." "Father, I want you to back me in having some of my assailants arrested for that ducking!" "I shall do nothing of the sort," rejoined the banker.

"The ridicule that this affair has brought upon my family has gone far enough already.

You are my son, but a most foolish one, if not worse, and I feel that I am under obligations to the men or boys who carried you to the horse trough and endeavored to cure you of some of your folly." "I had hoped, sir, that you would stand back of your own son better than that.

I am positive that Mr.Bayliss will not allow the outrage to pass unnoticed.