“What made you push me?” demanded Tim, fiercely.
“What were you going to do to him?” rejoined Paul, indicating the Italian boy.
“I was only goin’ to borrer his fiddle.”
“He would have broken it,” said Phil.
“You don’t know how to play,” said Paul. “You would have broken his fiddle, and then he would be beaten.”
“I would pay for it if I did,” said Tim.
“You say so, but you wouldn’t. Even if you did, it would take time, and the boy would have suffered.”
“What business is that of yours?” demanded Tim, angrily.
“It is always my business when I see a big boy teasing a little one.”
“You’ll get hurt some day,” said Tim, suddenly.