Bill Sizer promptly "stopped the paper," that being the only vengeance at hand, and when Bob West sent a boy to him demanding the return of the pistol, Bill dispatched with the weapon the following characteristic note, which he had penned with much labor: "Bob west sir you Beet me out uv my Reeveng and Made me look like a bag uv Beens.

but I will skware this Thing sum da and yu and that edyter hed better Watch out.

i don't stand fer no Throwdown like that Wm.

Sizer." However, the bully received scant sympathy, even from his most intimate friends, and his prestige in the community was henceforth destroyed.
Arthur did not crow, for his part.

He told the girls frankly of his attempt to run away and evade the meeting, which sensible intention was only frustrated by Bob West's interference, and they all agreed he was thoroughly justified.