I slipped into the stable to eat my apple, knowing that Ace would pound me if he learned that I had kept anything from him, whether he really wanted it or not.

Suddenly I grew sick with terror, as I saw him coming in at the door.

He saw what I was doing, and glared at me vengefully.

He actually turned white with rage at this breach of his authority, and came at me with set teeth and doubled fists.

"Give me that apple, damn yeh!" he cried.