"Possibly the ladies will step aside long enough for us to settle this little matter." "Oh, don't fight with them, Frank!" pleaded Inza.

"There are two of them, and----" "That is not enough.

I am good for two such sneaking scoundrels as they are! Don't worry about me." "Hear the blowhard!" sneered Snell.
Frank seemed on the point of springing toward him, and Wat hastily dodged behind Leslie, saying: "Give it to him, Les, if he wants to fight!" This showed how much Gage could depend on Snell in a scrimmage, and the former instantly decided that it was not best to try to get revenge on Merriwell just then.
"There will be no fighting here," he said, loftily, "but I shall not forget Merriwell's blow, and he shall pay dearly for it.

I will make him wish he had not been so free with his fist." "As for you, Miss Spitfire," turning to Inza, "you must feel proud to have a friend in a fellow of his class! Do not forget what I told you about him and----" "Silence, sir!" cried Inza, contemptuously.

"You had better go away at once.