“What’s that?” cried Buck, bristling up, while an angry growl arose from his cronies.
“You heard me the first time,” replied Joe; “but to get it into your thick heads I’ll say it again. The cowards, and worse, I referred to are named Buck Looker, Carl Lutz and Terry Mooney.”
CHAPTER V
MARVELS OF WIRELESS
“That’s fighting talk,” blustered Buck, as he made a pretense of getting ready to throw off his coat.
“That’s precisely what I want it to be,” declared Joe, as he tore off his coat and threw it to the ground.
By this time most of the boys in the school yard had sensed the tenseness of the situation and had gathered around Joe and Buck, forming a ring many lines deep.
“A fight!” was the cry.