'That's no' kind of a young gentleman.' 'Did he so ?' said Michael.

'I bet he didn't offer much.' 'No more he did,' replied Teena; nor could any subsequent questioning elicit from her the sum with which the thrifty leather merchant had attempted to corrupt her.

'But I sent him about his business,' she said gallantly.

'He'll not come here again in a hurry.' 'He mustn't see my father, you know; mind that!' said Michael.

'I'm not going to have any public exhibition to a little beast like him.' 'No fear of me lettin' him,' replied the trusty one.