"Sorry, but it couldn't be helped," answered Koswell. "Why didn't you get out of the way?"
"We didn't have to," retorted Sam, "and if you try that trick again somebody will get his head punched."
"Talk is cheap," sneered Larkspur.
"Say, I heard you fellows have been boasting of how you can row," went on Koswell after a pause.
"We haven't been boasting, but we can row," answered Tom.
"Want to race?"
"When?"
"Now."
"I don't know as I care to race with a chap like you, Koswell," answered Dick pointedly.
"You're afraid."