Lemme go 'r he'll be gone, you fool.' 'Won't,' said Dick, masterfully.

'You ain't goin'.' 'Who'll stop me ?' 'I will.' 'Tain't in yer.' A struggle commenced between the boys and rapidly merged into a stand-up fight.

When Harry Hardy appeared on the scene, attracted by their cries, he found the combatants locked in a fierce embrace, each clinging desperately to a handful of the other's hair and hammering vigorously at his opponent's ribs.

Harry pulled them apart as if they had been terriers.
'Here, here, what's all this about ?' he cried.
'Dick stopped me goin' fer the troopers,' said Billy indignantly.
'The troopers ?' 'Yes, fer Mr.Shine.

He's up in his house.