human
You don't mean to say that you will blow, do you?
gpt
That's exactly what I do mean, sir! came resolutely from the lips of the infuriated freshman.
human
I am a gentleman and the son of a gentleman, and I'll never stand it to be treated like a cur. Hazing is said to be no longer tolerated here, and an investigation is certain to follow my report of this affair.
gpt
You claim to be a gentleman, he said, distinctly,
human
I had rather be a cad than a ruffian, sir!
gpt
If you were a gentleman you would take your medicine like a gentleman. You'd never squeal.
human
You fellows are the ones who are squealing now, for you see you have been imposing on the wrong man.
gpt
Man! shot back the little fellow, contemptuously.
human
There's not much man about a chap that blows when he is hazed a little.
gpt
A little! a little! Is this what you call a little?
human
Oh, this is nothing. Think of what the poor freshies used to go through in the old days of Delta Kappa and Signa Epsilon. Why, sometimes a fellow would be roasted so his skin would smell like burned steak for a week.
gpt
That was when he was burned at the stake,
human
This is some of the Delta Kappa machinery here, the little fellow explained.
gpt
Sometimes some of the fellows come here to have a cold bot and hot lob. You freshies walked right in on us to-night, and we gave you a pleasant reception. Now, if you blow I'll guarantee you'll never become a soph. The fellows will do you, and do you dirty, before your first year is up.
human
Such threats do not frighten me, haughtily flung back the lad from Virginia.
gpt
I know this was a put-up job, and Bruce Browning was in it. He got us to come here. Frank Merriwell knew something about it, or he'd never been so ready to come. And I know you, too, Tad Horner.