Pink Cassidy had stopped Hobe Manton and demanded the money promised him.
Manton promptly hit Cassidy, nearly knocking him down.
With a roar, Pink recovered and went at the gentleman pugilist, who immediately found that he had a real fight on his hands.
The uproar alarmed Frost and Necker.
“This is no place for us!” exclaimed Frost.
“Right!” agreed Necker. “Skip!”
They lost not a moment in getting away.
Two officers reached the fighting men and hesitated not a moment about using their clubs. Both chaps were stretched out and then arrested.
As the fighters were being dragged from the grounds Merry got a good look at one of them.
“Hello!” he cried. “So it’s you, Manton! Well, you’re in trouble, as you deserve. Lock him up, Mr. Officer; if you hold him long enough I’ll have something in the way of a warrant to serve on him.”