"Stop!" roared Fred. "Stop, Nat Nason."
"Will you behave yourself after this, and leave me alone?"
"Yes! yes!"
"Then, see that you do," went on Nat, and flung the other boy from him. Fred picked himself up in a hurry, and ran below. He vowed he would get square, but during Nat's stay at the farm he could not muster up courage to do so.
CHAPTER XXV
BACK TO THE CITY
On the following day Nat arose at five o'clock, and put on an old suit of clothes. Slipping downstairs he hurried to the barn, where he fed the horses and then milked the cows. He was just finishing up when his uncle appeared.
"Well, I never!" ejaculated Abner Balberry. "Right back into harness ag'in, eh?"
"Yes, Uncle Abner; I thought I'd like a little taste of old times."