"Why don't Mr. Wright have him arrested?"
"Because he gave his word that nothin' should be done to them as went home peaceably, an' he couldn't jump on Billings without bringing all hands into the scrape. 'Cordin' to my way of thinkin' we've got off cheap."
"Was Mr. Wright's house damaged very much?"
"It'll take a good many hundred dollars to put it in the same condition it was before; but money doesn't count when there's been no blood spilled."
"Do you think there is any chance the men will try to hurt Brace now?"
"That's hard to say. You're in as much danger as he is, for they know that you and Sam stood in with us, an' it's just possible some dirty trick will be played. You an' Bill Thomas' butty are to stop at the office to-night; Mr. Wright wants to see you."
"What for?"
"He'll have to explain that. It's time to go to work again; be careful of yourself."
Donovan walked away as the whistle sounded, and Chunky came back looking very stern.
"You'll get into more trouble by standin' in with the bosses," he said, in what sounded like a threatening tone.