He knows me
pretty well. I'd like to use other means to settle this matter, but I
guess Lawyer Allen's advice might be the better way."
"What! you don't mean to go to law over this little matter, do you?"
McDuff anxiously enquired.
"Certainly I do. It isn't the amount so much as the principle. Ye're
tryin' to cheat a little boy, and I'm goin' to stand by him, I don't
care how much it costs. I'm scoutmaster, and he's patrol leader of the
Hillcrest troop, and if ye think ye kin do him a mean trick, then ye're
mighty much mistaken."
"But look here," McDuff angrily replied. "You seem to be making a big
fuss over nothing. And, besides, you've charged me with cheating that
boy, and I'll make you take back your words. Two can play at this
game."
"No doubt they kin," the captain reflectively answered as he moved
toward the door. "But look, Peter McDuff, it makes a great difference
who's in the right, and who kin back up his statements. It's no use
fer us to argue any longer. Come on, Rod."
"Wait a minute," the storekeeper called out, when he saw that the
captain meant business, "maybe we can arrange this affair without going
to law. I'm willing to come to some reasonable terms.
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