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`` Sure you 'll not be fining the poor boy ? Perhaps he needed a drink or two to keep up his courage . '' `` Nothing like that , mother , '' he replied seriously . `` This was one of the young fellows out with some gamblers drinking wine till past midnight . It looks serious . '' `` Now , Bill Clancy , you just send for that boy to come right up here and talk it over . Tell him he must behave and explain what it means to all the boys .