“I did, and so it was. But I think it was Sanford who first proclaimed the fact, and I cheerfully assented to its correctness,” chuckled Burchmore.
“But you deceived me, and I’ll have it out with you,” continued Clyde.
“Just as you please about that; but you had better let that black eye bleach out before you begin again.”
“I can whip you!” blustered Clyde. “I’ll meet you anywhere.”
“No, I thank you. If we meet for any such purpose as you suggest, it will be by accident.”
“See here, Great Britain; you needn’t make another row,” said Sanford.
“I’m going to whip this fellow for what he has done, and for calling me a bully.”
“You are a bully,” added Sanford.
“That’s so,” exclaimed Stockwell.
“Now you can lick the whole of us, if you insist upon it,” continued the coxswain.