"Well, I don't like threats." Sue's black eyes snapped as she spoke and both the boys wondered what was coming next. "So I don't think I will tell you. Now what are you going to do about it?"
"I'll soon show you," and the man took a step forward, but Bob, unable to keep his hands off any longer, sprang in front of him.
"You keep your hands off her," he demanded.
"And if I don't?"
"I'll make you."
"You'll do what?" the man sneered.
"Try it and see."
The man hesitated a moment, and Bob wondered what was passing in his mind. It was hardly conceivable, he thought, that he was afraid of him, especially when he had his friends so near at hand. Perhaps it was something in the girl's eyes that made him draw back. At any rate, he made no further movement toward her, and after giving Bob an angry look, turned and strode off without another word.
"Well, what do you know about that?" Jack asked as soon as he had disappeared.
"I thought I could bluff him," Sue said, "but if you hadn't stepped up to him as you did, I don't know as it would have worked," she added turning to Bob.