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Depend on it , if I could do you any sort of a favor I 'd go far out of my way to try and even up the debt I owe you . '' Little did any of them suspect under what strange conditions their next meeting would really be . All Centerville was ringing with the story of the brave exploit of Frank and Jerry . When the latter reached home that noon he was overwhelmed with hysterical words of praise from his mother ; while his father had come home from his office , beset by a dozen acquaintances desirous of congratulating him on having a son of such heroic mould . Jerry was very uneasy under all this favorable comment . He did not like to be looked upon as differing in any degree from other boys . `` Any fellow would have done the same thing .