“How’s that?”
“Come and see.”
The men entered the room and there sat their “pal” in the chair, muzzled by the casque and tightly enfolded in the wire contrivance. The captain ran forward, touched the springs and when the man was released demanded:
“What in thunder has happened?”
All the man could ejaculate was:
“That boy!”
“What of him?”
“He is a fiend.”
“A fiend?” repeated the captain in a perplexed tone.
“Yes.”