19/42 "Apologies are not much in fashion among Westways boys. What did he say ?" "Oh, just that he didn't see that at all--and then he said that he was going away this fall to study medicine, and some day when he was a doctor he would have a chance to get even with me, and wouldn't he dose me well. That's all, sir." "Well, I am pleased. He is by no means a bad fellow, and as you know he is clever--and can beat you in mathematics." "Yes, but I licked him well, and he knows it." "For shame, John. I wish my Baptist friend's boy would do better--he is dull." "But I like him," said John. |