So now the question is, will you pay four shillings from your box for this blockhead's loss of time in hanging and racing a new stone ?" All the four secretaries opened their eyes with surprise at this.

But Grotait merely said he had no authority to do that; the funds of the Union were set apart for specified purposes.
"Very likely," said Henry, getting warm: "but, when there's life to be TAKEN, your Union can find money irregularly; so why grudge it, when there's life to be saved perhaps, and ten times cheaper than you pay for blood ?" "Young man," said Grotait, severely, "did you come here to insult us with these worn-out slanders ?" "No, but I came to see whether you secretaries, who can find pounds to assassinate men, and blow up women and children with gunpowder, can find shillings to secure the life of one of your own members; he risks it every time he mounts his horsing." "Well, sir, the application is without precedent, and I must decline it; but this I beg to do as courteously, as the application has been made uncourteously." "Oh, it is easy to be polite, when you've got no heart." "You are the first ever brought that charge against me." "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Potter, warmly.

"No heart! Mr.Grotait is known for a good husband, a tender father, and the truest friend in Hillsborough." The others echoed these sentiments warmly and sincerely; for, as strange as it may appear to those who have not studied human nature at first hand, every word of this eulogy was strictly true.
"Thank you, gentlemen," said Grotait.

"But we must make allowances.

Mr.
Little is smarting under a gross and dastardly outrage, and also under a fair defeat; and thinks his opponents must be monsters.