"I will, son, and I'm some trouble maker when I start anything along them lines, take it from me."
He turned on his heel, stuck his cigar at a more acute angle in the side of his mouth, and strode off, leaving the two boys dumfounded.
"Well, what do you make of that?" demanded Roy, as soon as his astonishment had subsided a trifle.
"Just this, that Mr. Lish Kelly thinks he can run this thing to suit himself."
"What will we do about it?"
"For my part I wanted to compete before. I desire to more than ever now."
"Same here."
"Maybe he was only bluffing after all."
"Maybe; but just the same I wouldn't trust him not to try to do us some harm. As he says, his main profits come from winning the prizes offered by the different communities."
"Humph! well, so far as that goes, I don't see why that need keep us out of it."