"But duty is duty, you know, my dear Stearns.

And this was an unusual fight, too.
The man who was whipped insisted on another fight right then and there, and--he won the second fight." "Bully!" chuckled the officer in charge.

"Whew, but I wish I had been there!" "Stearns, you surely don't mean that ?" gasped duty-mad Mr.Willow.
"You're quite right, Willow.

No; I certainly don't want to be a spoilsport, and I'm glad I wasn't there--in my official capacity.

But I'd like to have been divested of my rank for just an hour so that I could have taken in such a scene as that." "I'm--I'm just a bit astonished at your saying it, Stearns," rejoined Lieutenant Willow.