Harry, I met the big black---caught him redhanded." "You did ?" cried Hazelton, leaping up.

"And you never called me ?" "There wasn't any chance," Tom assured him.

"The meeting and the fight didn't take place on this porch." Tom now had two very interested auditors.

For Prescott's benefit Reade first sketched a brief outline of the troubles that had led up to the present, including an account of the wrecking of substantial portions of the retaining wall.

Then he came down to the events of the night.
"Oh, and I had to miss it," sighed Harry, disappointedly.