He was up again in a couple of seconds, not much the worse, but all the fight was gone out of him. He held his head in his hands for a while, and then fairly ran up the dark street, while his two friends, surprised at the sudden outcome of the fight, followed more slowly.
"I'll get even with you yet!" Jerry called back.
"Well, if you do I still will have the satisfaction of knowing that I trounced you good and proper," Jack said, as he held a cold stone to his bruised eye.
Just then, from across the lots there came a hail:
"Hey, Jack! Where are you?"
"Coming," was Jack's reply.
He heard some one running toward him as he began to pick up his coat, and put on his hat.
CHAPTER XI
A GRAND WIND UP
"What's the matter?" demanded John Smith, as he and Nat joined their comrade.