Mike placed a finger on one and then on the other of his bruised eyes.

“You have no one to thank for it but yourself.”

“It’s tough on a fellow like me, all the same.”

“Yes; I believe you put up to be something of a pugilist.”

“I did.”

“And I knocked that conceit out of you,” remarked Burt.

“Jack O’Brien could not have done it better,” returned Mike.

“Yes, and I should go farther.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean I should jug you for interfering with me.”