If you do want to pay him out, pay him out in his own coin." "How do you mean ?" inquired Gilks.
"I mean, keep a sharp lookout till you catch his holiness tripping." "But the beggar never does trip.

He's so vilely careful, he never gives a chance," growled Gilks.
"Awfully uncivil of him, when he knows how grateful we should be to him," said Silk, laughing.

"Never mind, old man, keep in with him if you can.

Something's sure to turn up.

He won't suspect you, as you're in the schoolhouse; and we ought to be able to manage to put a spoke in his wheel somehow." "Wish you may do it," said Gilks.