"You will know next time, so you can think over it, and make up your mind whether you really want to before you strike." Wesley went to the barn to put away the tools.

He thought Billy was at his heels, but the boy lagged on the way.

A big snowy turkey gobbler resented the small intruder in his especial preserves, and with spread tail and dragging wings came toward him threateningly.

If that turkey gobbler had known the sort of things with which Billy was accustomed to holding his own, he never would have issued the challenge.

Billy accepted instantly.