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And for one thing , the man who can strike such a cowardly blow as you did a moment ago would not be unlikely to be guilty of injustice and cruelty . '' `` It is none of your business , '' said the master , insolently . `` You will find that I shall make it my business , '' said the minister . `` And now , boys , be off to your homes , and be here Monday morning at nine o'clock , when this matter shall be gone into . '' The news of the school trouble ran through the section like fire through a brule . The younger generations when they heard how Thomas Finch had dared the master , raised him at once to the rank of hero , but the heads of families received the news doubtfully , and wondered what the rising generation was coming to . The next day Billy Jack heard the story in the Twentieth store , and with some anxiety waited for the news to reach his father 's ears , for to tell the truth , Billy Jack , man though he was , held his father in dread .