“Oh, I’ll fix him!” cried Zenas. “I’ll teach him a lesson! I’ll teach him to challenge me! I’ll—— Murder! I’m blinded!”
In truth he had been struck fairly between the eyes, and the mass that spattered over his face completely blinded him.
“Teach me, will yo’, suh?” triumphantly shouted the major. “Oh, I don’t know!”
Dick was gasping for breath.
“Brad, it’s t-too much!” he laughed, holding onto his sides. “Ha, ha, ha! It’s too much!”
Professor Gunn wiped his sleeve across his eyes. Then he tried the other sleeve and succeeded in clearing them.
“Have yo’ got enough, suh?” demanded the major. “Cry quits, suh, if yo’ have.”
“Never—never while I live!” grated Zenas.
“Then I’ll have to finish yo’, suh. I offered yo’——”
He said no more, for at that instant an egg thrown with all the force Zenas Gunn could command struck him full and fair in the mouth.