"Well, I won't do it!" he snapped.

"I'm going to have Dave Porter arrested!" "If you do, Professor Potts will have Nat arrested, and we'll push our case just as hard as you push yours, Mr.Poole." "Humph! I guess this is a plot to free Dave Porter!" "You can think what you please.

This is the way I look at it: Dave was careless, and his father can give him a lecture on his carelessness.

Nat was brutal, and it is up to you to take him in hand.

If he were my son, I'd give him a good talking to--and maybe I'd thrash him," added the rich manufacturer, warmly.
"Oh, you are all down on my son--just as you are down on me!" cried Aaron Poole.