"Give me the whip, Joe!" cried Bill. "Give me a chance at him! Don't keep all the fun to yourself."
"All right! Here it is."
Bill used the whip quite as effectively as his friend Joe.
"You stop licking my pa!" exclaimed Oscar, not daring, however, to approach the scene of conflict.
"I say, kid, what was he licking you for?" asked Bill after the first blow.
"He said I broke the bottle and spilled the whisky."
"And did you?"
"Yes, but Oscar pushed me and made me do it."
"Who's Oscar?"
"That boy there."