? ? ? ? "Then your father's mistaken."
? ? ? ? "Ain't you a pauper?" said Tom, insolently. "You haven't got any money."
? ? ? ? "I have got hands to earn money, and I am going to try."
? ? ? ? "Anyway, I advise you to resign as captain of the baseball club."
? ? ? ? "Why?"
? ? ? ? "Because if you don't you'll be kicked out. Do you think the fellows will be willing to have a pauper for their captain?"
? ? ? ? "That's the second time you have called me a pauper. Don't call me so again."
? ? ? ? "You are a pauper and you know it."
? ? ? ? Frank was not a quarrelsome boy, but this repeated insult was too much for him. He seized Tom by the collar, and tripping him up left him on the ground howling with rage. As valor was not his strong point, he resolved to be revenged upon Frank vicariously. He was unable to report the case to his father till the next morning, as the deacon did not return from a neighboring village, whither he had gone on business, till late, but the result of his communication was a call at Mr.
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