"He believes in meeting trouble three-quarters of the way, doesn't he ?" "I think Jasper Grinder must have stuffed him full of stories about us," said Dick.

"That's the way that rascally teacher expects to get square on Captain Putnam--by ruining the reputation of the school." "Oh, it's mostly Lew Flapp's fault," put in a pupil who had been at the Hall for some time.

"The very first day Flapp arrived he had a row with little Tommy Browne, and knocked Tommy down, and a few days after that he had a fight with Jack Raymond, and was pounding Jack good when Mr.
Strong came up and made them run off in different directions.

He's a good deal of the same kind of a bully that Dan Baxter was." "If that's the case, he had better keep his distance," said Dick determinedly.

"I don't want any quarrels, but I despise a bully thoroughly." "So do I." "I wonder if this Flipflap ever heard of Dan Baxter," put in Tom.