It weighs two hundredweight and some odd pounds.

You have heard, no doubt, of some of my achievements ?" "Oh yes," said Magnus minor; "you were the chap that got a hiding outside Troy from Diomed, and yelled enough to bring the roof down." "Ha, ha! Good old Diomed!" said Joe.
Mars turned red and white with anger, and said that if it were not too much trouble he would like to knock their two impudent heads together, at which they and every one else laughed all the more.
"You boys," said Venus, coming up opportunely at this point, "here is a friend I know you will like to meet.

He's just the sort of person boys admire.

He's not one of our regular party, you know; but we ask him in to dessert now and then--don't we, Hercules ?" "How do you do ?" said Magnus, holding out his hand to a great stout gentleman, who wore a rug over his shoulders and carried a club in his hand.

"Done all your jobs--swabbed out those stables yet ?" The stout gentleman flushed up a little at this allusion, and said something in Greek which fortunately the boys did not understand.
"Been having any more lessons on the sewing machine lately--eh, old chap ?" inquired Joe.