"Was a gentleman ever before so insulted?
That little Yankee, Archie Winters, is at the bottom of all this, and if he don't suffer for it, I'll know the reason why." He tore the note into fragments, pitched the bundle out of the window, and walked angrily about the room, shaking his fists in the air, and threatening all sorts of vengeance against Archie and his two friends.
If he had been in his sober senses, he would have felt heartily ashamed of himself; but the note had opened his eyes to the fact that he had sadly injured his reputation, and he was angry at his companions because he had done so--although how they could be blamed for that, it would have puzzled a sensible boy to determine.

But, after all, his case was not an isolated one.

It is by no means uncommon for boys, when they get angry, to revenge themselves upon some innocent thing.

We remember that, on a certain rainy day, several boys were congregated in a barn, amusing themselves by turning hand-springs.

One clumsy fellow, whose feet were so heavy that he could not get them over his head, became greatly enraged at his failures, and finally tried to soothe his wounded pride by whipping one of his companions.
Arthur was actuated by the same spirit.