"You must have run about a mile!" And the youngest Rover grinned in spite of the predicament he was in.
"You shut up I." roared Tad Sobber, and exhibited some of the brutality that had made him so hated at Putnam Hall by raising his foot and kicking Sam in the side.
"Stop!" cried the youngest Rover, in pain.

"What a brute you are!" "Leave my brother alone!" came from Tom.
"A fine coward you are, to kick him when he is a prisoner! You wouldn't dare to try it if he was free." "I wouldn't, eh?
I want you to understand I'm not afraid of anybody," blustered Tad.

"I am--" "Tad, be quiet," cried his uncle.

"I am fully capable of managing this affair.

Don't kick him again." "Yes, but look here, Uncle Sid, they--" "I will take care of things," cried Sid Merrick, and so sharply that his nephew at once subsided.