The Argosy, Vol. XI, No. 21 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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THE ARGOS SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1891. VoL. XI, No. 21. > avis < < ork , 2% 7 >» © sy — + a - . -_ » 4% . ‘ = —~ pe e ‘ YY ——e, f L "4 We ~ \ > e< _ - Uwe . ee ee lh! oe a . een pe roe> —— WHOLE No. 437. MR. IVERS TURNED AND GAVE BRAD A LONG STARE OF DISAPPROVAL. BRAD MATTOON; LIFE AT HOSMER HALL.* BY WILLIAM D. MOFFAT. CHAPTER IV. BRAD MAKES AN ENEMY. HE two boys stood facing each other for several sec- onds in silence. Ivers was taller than Brad, and his figure had the appearance of considerable strength. As he approached he bore a threatening aspect that might well have daunted a less courageous fellow than Brad. ‘The ev WH. ra *°egun in THE ARGosY of last week. latter, however, Showed not the slightest sign of discompos- ure, but took matters with a coolness of manner that served only to fan the flame of Ivers’s anger to a fiercer heat. ‘* See here,” he exclaimed, ‘‘ what do you mean by using such language as you did to us down stairs?” ‘What did I say?” asked Brad, as if the whole matter had passed out of his mind. ‘* You as much as said that we were no gentlemen,” an- swered Ivers. ‘“ Did I, though?” rejoined Brad. ‘‘ I said that I judged gentlemen by their manners and not by their clothes. If you think that means that you were not gentlemen, then I take it there must have been something wrong with your manners.” Ivers was almost beside himself. COMICOOOkKS.€O