The policeman came up, followed closely by another, and demanded to know what it was all about.
The witnesses of this remarkable encounter quickly explained, while Frank was reassuring the frightened boy and girl.
The officer came and looked Merry over.
“That was Bloodgood’s crowd,” said one of them.
“And this chap fought the whole of them,” exclaimed the other.
“He didn’t know what he was up against.”
“It didn’t seem to make any difference, if what the crowd says is true. He was getting the best of it.”
“All the same, I reckon it’s a good thing for him that we came along.”
“Young man, you got off easy. We’ll not arrest you, for the people who saw it say you were in the right.”
“I think I was, sir,” said Frank, quietly.