“Stop! Don’t hit that man!”
“Who are you? Oh, it’s only a boy. Clear out of here!”
“I won’t! You let that man alone.”
“Don’t leave me,” pleaded the victim. “They want to rob me. He has my diamond pin!”
“Shut up!” howled the man in the rear. “Crack him, Pete, and crack the boy, too.”
Once more the heavy cane was raised. Our hero caught it in the center, and by a dexterous twist wrenched it from the rascal’s hand.
With a howl of baffled rage the rascal turned and caught Jerry by the throat.
“Give me that stick, boy, or I’ll choke the life out of you!” he hissed into the youth’s ear.
