It isn't for his interest to insult a man who has the power to annoy him that I possess." "Haven't you got a mortgage on his farm ?" "Yes, and at a proper time I shall remind him of it.

But to come back to your own affairs.

What was the prize given to young Frost ?" "A blue-and-gold copy of Whittier's Poems, in two volumes." "Plain binding, I suppose." "Yes, sir." "Very well.

The next time I go to Boston, I will buy you the same thing bound in calf.

I don't intend that you shall suffer by your teacher's injustice." "It wasn't so much the prize that I cared for," said John, who felt like making the most of his father's favorable mood, "but you know you promised me twenty-five dollars if I gained it." "And as you have been defrauded of it, I will give you thirty instead," said the squire promptly.
John's eyes sparkled with delight.