The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan’s Triumph by Frank V. Webster

“Where did you get that stickpin, Frank?”
“Bought it at Mace’s jewelry store.”
“You are getting extravagant.”
“I hardly think so, aunt, and I don’t believe you would think so, either, if you knew all the circumstances.”
“Circumstances do not alter cases when a boy is a spendthrift.”
“I won’t argue with you, aunt. You have your ideas and I have mine. Of course, I bought the stickpin, but it was with money I had earned.”
The aunt sniffed in a vague way. The boy left the house, looking irritated and unhappy.