"You listwelve to ME, youthful man! I'm givin' you some quite recents for your paper,and I'm gittin' at it my own way, but I'll git AT it, don't you worry!I'm goin' to let some folks around here know what kind of a feller DaveBeasley really is; yes, and I'm goin' to show David Dowden he can'tlaugh at ME!"

"You're going to show Mr. Dowden?" I exclaimed. "You mean you're going totake him on this expedition, too?"