"Remember what his own father said! He's only half goaded.

The other half is showing off--to himself and us.

That man knew his own flesh and blood.

And listen again! You sit tight if you want to get him back to reason!" "Brother, I think you're right," said Gideon.
"Dear me!" said Harvey D.He straightened an etched cathedral, and then with a brush from the hearth swept cigar ashes deeper into the rug about the chair of Sharon.

"Dear me!" he sighed again.
* * * * * Early the following morning Merle Whipple halted before the show window of Newbern's chief establishment purveying ready-made clothing for men.
He was about to undergo a novel experience and one that would have profoundly shocked his New York tailors.