But if we ever do come up against each other, I'll hammer the life out of him!" "I don't doubt you'd kill me if you could!" the Kansan sneered.

"I rather think you tried it the other day." "What do you mean ?" Bart demanded, again bristling.

"Do you mean the shell that blew up the gun ?" "It's strange you can guess so easy!" Badger insinuated.
"See here, Badger," said Frank, who had stepped between the belligerents.

"You insult me when you intimate that Bart knew anything about that shell.

That shell was slipped into my box by Morton Agnew.