Whoop her up, everybody!" And he commenced to sing once more.
There were cries from all sides, and for a minute it looked as if the entertainment would end in a general row.

But then Sid Todd gave a signal to some of the other Endicott hands, and in a twinkling the two boisterous cowboys were grabbed and hustled from the house.

One tried to draw his pistol, but was given a blow in the face that all but sent him flat.
"You brought those fellows over here--you take 'em away--an' mighty quick, too," said Sid Todd to Hank Snogger.

And he gave the other cowboy such a black look that Snogger sneaked out of the house in a hurry.
Outside, the three men were surrounded by a dozen of the Endicott hands, and they were forced to mount their horses and ride away; and that was the last seen of them for the time being.
The interruption made Laura and Jessie so nervous that they could not sing any more, so the programme had to be changed.

Dave thought of a funny monologue Shadow Hamilton had once given at Oak Hall, and he gave this, as far as he could remember it, and put in a few stories that were new.