"Oh, Snap Dodge and that crowd."
"Always that crowd!" muttered Ham Spink.
"They say they know you knocked Andrew Felps down," went on Dudder, finding some consolation in the fact that Ham was in difficulties too.
"They didn't see a thing!" roared the dudish youth.
"Well, that is what they say."
"Humph! Carl, they are bound to get us into trouble."
"Of course. They haven't got over last summer's trouble yet. I suppose they will make it as hot for us as they can."
"Well, let us stick together and maybe we can face them down," was Ham Spink's comment, and then he lit a cigarette and offered one to his crony, and both fell to smoking.
That very evening both youths had to "face the music," and in a manner which did not please them in the least.
Coming home just before supper Mr. Spink, found a note awaiting him.
It was from Andrew Felps and ran, in part, as follows: