"I will, if you give me the same cause," replied Jud.
Bunny deliberately repeated his offensive act. Then he dodged, but not fast enough. Jud Jeffer's, his eyes ablaze with righteous indignation, sent the troublesome one to earth again.
This time Bunny got up really full of fight.
From the opposite side of the street two fine-looking young men of about eighteen had seen much of what had passed.
"Let's go over and separate them, Hal," proposed the quieter looking of the pair.
"If you like, Noll, though that young Hepburn rascal deserves about all that he seems likely to get."
"Jud Jeffers is too decent a young fellow to be allowed to soil his hands on the Hepburn kid," objected Oliver Terry quietly.
So he and Hal Overton hastened across the street.
Bunny Hepburn was now showing a faint daub of crimson at the lower end of his nose. Bunny was the larger boy, but Jud by far the braver.
"Here, better stop all of this," broke in Hal good-naturedly, reaching out and grabbing angry Bunny by the coat collar.