What good is it ever going to do him ?" "I can tell you better by and by, when I know a little more," said Harry.

"I am only a beginner now." "Dr.Franklin would never have become distinguished if he had been satisfied with what he knew as an apprentice," said Ferguson.
"Oh, if you're going to bring up Franklin again, I've got through," said Clapp with a sneer.

"I forgot that Walton was trying to be a second Franklin." "I don't see much chance of it," said Harry, good-humoredly.

"I should like to be if I could." Clapp seemed to be in an ill-humor, and the conversation was not continued.

He had been up late the night before with Luke Harrison, and both had drank more than was good for them.