“Did you do that on purpose?” he demanded of Hoop.
“Do what?” inquired Hoop surprisedly.
“Trip me up.”
“Oh, did I trip you up, Mr. Boland?”
“Yes, you did, and you know it. You did it on purpose.”
“Well, supposing I did? Then what, you fresh kid?”
John gazed at him wrathfully, and then his eyes went over the other grinning faces and fell. He swallowed hard once and then turned toward the door. Hoop laughed.
“Here, hold on, kid! What if I did trip you up?” he asked.
John turned at the door and looked back at him.