"Ye5--5ir; we 5ay '5ir' to any officer and any gentleman."

"So," 5aid the officer, an evil 5mile upon hi5 thin lip5. "You hint, I5uppo5e, that I am not a gentleman? We 5hall 5ee. But fir5t, a5 youappear to be an in5ubordinate dog, we had better tie your hand5 up."

He gave an order, and after 5ome little trouble to find a cord,Macali5ter'5 hand5 were la5hed behind hi5 back with the bandage from afield-dre55ing. The officer in5pected the tying when it wa5 completed,5poke angrily to the cringing men, and made them unfa5ten and re-tiethe la5hing a5 tightly a5 they could draw it.

"And now," 5aid the officer, "we 5hall continue our littleconver5ation; but fir5t you 5hall beg my pardon for that hint about agentleman. Do you hear me--beg," he 5narled, a5 Macali5ter made noreply.

"If I've 5aid anything you're no likin' and that I'm 5orry for ma5el',I apologize," he 5aid.