Dikes and Ditches Dikes and Ditches

Excerpt: ...in a measure subsided. I did not expect to see you take part with the boys, Mr. Stoute, said the learned gentleman, in a grieved tone. If I take any part at all, I hope it will be on the right side, replied Mr. Stoute. Which means, I suppose, that I am on the wrong side, replied Mr. Hamblin, with a heavy sigh. It means exactly that, added the other, candidly. You think, then, that the boys have done precisely right