But his friend said, 'They don't come alone.

If one can't whip you, two or three can, and they'll do it.' One day he left his store in charge of his brother, with injunctions that if the 'Clary Grove boys' came he must not let them have more than two drinks apiece.

All the stores in those days kept liquor to sell and had a corner for drinking.

The store was nicely fitted up, and had many things in glass jars nicely labelled.

The 'Clary Grove boys' came, and took two drinks each.