“Now you can see how you like it!” cried Jerry.
And growling and panting for breath, Si Peters ran away after the others.
The Rockpoint rowdies were thoroughly demoralized.
CHAPTER XI.
OFF FOR HERMIT ISLAND.
It took Jerry and his father some little time to get back their breath sufficiently to leave the woods and make their way to the road.
“You came in the nick of time, father,” said the lad. “In another five minutes I would have been tarred and feathered.”