"Let go, or I'll hit some one with it." "That's what he wants to do anyway," called out one of the boys.
"Yank it away from him!" The bat torn from him, Ted Teall was fighting mad.

He was so ugly, in fact, that he was borne to the ground, three of his own classmates sitting on him.
"You're all right, Ted," announced one of his classmates.

"All that ails you is that you've got a touch of heat.

Cool off and we'll let you up." "There's one guyer who has lost his hold on his favorite pastime of annoying other people," remarked Tom Reade grimly.
"Dick's trick was the slickest that ever I saw done in that line," chuckled Dave Darrin.

"But I wonder how our fellows tumbled to the idea of calling 'bang' first, and then following it up with 'ow-ow-ow' ?" "Want to know very badly ?" Tom questioned.
"I surely do," Darry nodded.
"Well, then," Tom declared, "I put some of the fellows up to that trick.".