Just as John Churchill dropped on one knee behind the hedge , the better to see Joey 's face , Jimmy Morris said scornfully : `` I do n't care what you say . Nobody believes you . Your father is in the penitentiary . '' The taunt struck home as it always did . It was not the first time that Joey had been twitted with his father by his boyish companions . But never before by Jimmy ! It always hurt him , and he had never before made any response to it . His face would flush crimson , his lips would quiver , and his big grey eyes darken miserably with the shadow that was on his life ; he would turn away in silence . But that Jimmy , his best beloved chum , should say such a thing to him ; oh , it hurt terribly . There is nothing so merciless as a small boy . Jimmy saw his advantage and vindictively pursued it . `` Your father stole money , that 's what he did ! You know he did . I 'm pretty glad my father is n't a thief . Your father is . And when he gets out of prison , he 'll go on stealing again . My father says he will . Nobody 'll have anything to do with him , my father says . His own sister wo n't have anything to do with him . So there , Joey Churchill ! ''
`` There will somebody have something XXXXX do with him ! ''
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