Phil must have told her that day.
[Illustration: "'HEREAFTER I PREFER TO HAVE NEITHER FLOWERS NOR VISITS
FROM YOU.'"]
"And who not only does those dreadful things himself," went on Nora,
"but inveigles others into doing them, too. The idea of coming here
among us as a friend, and then leading Phil off,--trying to ruin his
life!" Nonie's cheeks were scarlet; she was getting madder and madder
with every word she said.
"Why, that isn't gambling; we just play for small amounts," exclaimed
Chad, eagerly, forgetting his affectation, and speaking just like
anybody. "All the fellows do it; why, I've played cards and drunk liquor
since I was twelve years old. It hasn't hurt me."
"No?" said Nora, coldly. "We don't agree on that point;" then, curling
her lip in a disgusted way: "What an unfortunate, neglected little
boy you must have been. If Jack should do either of those low, wicked
things, I should consider a sound thrashing entirely too mild treatment
for him. And allow me to tell you that _all_ the young fellows we know
are _not_ after your kind: they neither drink, nor play cards; and yet,
strange to say,--that is, from your point of view,--they are extremely
manly.
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