“I intend to see, Willie, that you'll be sore too, and skinned all over,” replied Ken.
“Open this lid! At once!” roared Weir, in sudden anger. His big eyes rolled.
“Bah!” taunted Ken.
Then all three began to roar at Ken at once. “Brute! Devil! Help! Help! Help! We'll fix you for this!... It's hotter! it's fire! Aghh! Ouch! Oh! Ah-h-h!... O-o-o-o!... Murder! MURDER-R!”
At this juncture Murray ran in.
“What on earth! Peg, what did you do?”
“I only turned on the steam full tilt,” replied Ken, innocently.
“Why, you shouldn't have done that,” said Murray, in pained astonishment.
“Stop talking about it! Let me out!” shrieked Raymond.
Ken discreetly put on his coat and ran from the room.