THE "MUCKER" AND THE "GENTLEMAN" Ben Badger gave Captain Dick a shove.

"Go on, Prescott! Go on, hounds!" roared Badger.

"You've only one more capture to make.
Run along, Dick! I'll take care of Ripley.

He'll stay right here until you come back, or else he'll never have the nerve to show his face at Gridley H.S.

again! Run, you hounds!" Dick needed no farther urging.
Though he was naturally wild with anger, inside, he managed to keep that feeling down and back.