" So he really meant to
treat me, eh?
"No fooling; I mean it," I said. "I have no reason to accept your treat,
and that's why I pay you back. Why don't you take it?"
"If you're so worried about that one sen and a half, I will take it, but
why do you pay it at this time so suddenly?"
"This time or any time, I want to pay it back. I pay it back because I
don't like you treat me."
Porcupine coldly gazed at me and ejaculated "H'm." If I had not been
requested by Red Shirt, here was the chance to show up his cowardice and
make it hot for him. But since I had promised not to reveal the secret,
I could do nothing. What the deuce did he mean by "H'm" when I was red
with anger.
"I'll take the price of the ice water, but I want you leave your
boarding house."
"Take that coin; that's all there is to it. To leave or not,--that's my
pleasure."
"But that is not your pleasure. The boss of your boarding house came to
me yesterday and wanted me to tell you leave the house, and when I heard
his explanation, what he said was reasonable. And I dropped there on my
way here this morning to hear more details and make sure of everything."
What Porcupine was trying to get at was all dark to me.
"I don't care a snap what the boss was damn well pleased to tell you," I
cried.
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