of it. You must try to be as good as your uncle and
father, but you must remember one thing -- you
will wear a watch which belonged to a man who
never allowed other men to crowd him out of the
way he elected to go."

"Yes, ma'am," said Johnny. He took the
watch.

"What do you say?" inquired his aunt, sharply.

"Thank you."

"That's right. I thought you had forgotten your
manners. Your grandfather never did."

"I am sorry. Aunt Janet," muttered Johnny,
"that I --"

"You need never say anything about that," his
aunt returned, quickly. "I did not see who you
were at first. You are too old to be spanked by a
woman, but you ought to be whipped by a man,
and I wish your grandfather were alive to do it."

"Yes, ma'am," said Johnny. He looked at her
bravely. "He could if he wanted to," said he.

Aunt Janet smiled at him proudly. "Of course,"
said she, "a boy like you never gets the worst of it