“Don’t talk any more till you have eaten what I brought you.”
Bill obeyed his friend’s directions, and, to Dick’s great satisfaction, ate all that had been brought him with evident appetite.
“I feel a good deal better,” he said as he took the hoe once more and set to work. “I feel strong now.”
“It’s lucky I came along. I say. Bill, is that your only punishment?”
A shadow came over Bill’s face.
“I am to be flogged this evening,” he said. “Mr. Badger told me so, and he always keeps his word.”
Dick set his teeth and clinched his fists.
“I’d like to flog old Badger,” he said energetically. “Are you going to stand it?”
“I can’t help it, Dick.”
“I’d help it!” said his friend, nodding emphatically.