Part 27 (2/2)
”What are you trying to do, yourself?” retorted ain the stern of the skiff ”Don't you think anybody has any right on the river but you? Think you own the whole place, don't you?”
”But you had plenty of roo in the way,” persisted Rand ”I think you did it on purpose”
”Aw, go wan!” returned the et too funny or I'll come over there and take you over my knee”
”Come over and try it, if you think you can do it,” replied Rand hotly
”Monkey Rae again,” ot rid of him”
”Keep cool, Rand,” advised Don; ”it isn't worth while ht to have his head punched,” put in dick
”Who?” asked Jack ”Don?”
”No; that fellow in the boat,” answered dick
”That isn't the way to teach hiood manners,” objected Jack
”It's the only way you can teach soued dick ”Who is he?”
”Oh, that's the man that took our boat up the river,” replied Jack
”What do you think he was trying to do?” went on dick
”Trying to steal it, of course,” replied Jack
”I mean now”
”Oh, suessed Jack
”But what for?” persisted dick
”Oh, just pure ugliness, I guess,” replied Jack
”Then, you know, Monkey has it in for Rand for the thrashi+ng he once gave hi”
”Does he carry malice like that?” asked Donald
”He will carry it all his life,” replied Jack, ”and then some more
Then Monkey doesn't like any of us because he was always behind us in school He says we got ahead by favor, for we aren't any smarter than he is”
”Let fall!” ordered Gerald ”Let's try it again”
The boys bent to their work, but they had lost their viain
”I don't understand about Monkey,” began Jack, as they drew into the landing ”There is so back of all this, and I mean to find out what it is”