“We’re all with you!” came the cry.
Tom looked around, and saw Sam Heller sneaking off.
“Here, come back, Heller!” he cried, and Sam turned, facing Tom with a sneer on his face.
[CHAPTER XVII]
DEFIANCE
“Well, what do you want?” demanded the bully, halting.
“I want to know where you’re going,” replied Tom.
“I don’t know that it’s any of your affair.”
“Well, it is, and the affair of every member of this class. We want to know who is with us, and who against us. And it looks, the way you were sneaking off just now, as though you weren’t going to be with us.”