Part 21 (1/2)

”I'll fix you for this!” roared Werner ”I owe you a lot for the way you've been treating me” And with these words he scrambled to his feet and ai captain moved to one side so that the blow struck him on the shoulder He caht ear, and followed this up with another on the bully's nose, which an bleed profusely

By this time there was more noise in the under-brush, and Andy and Spouter could be heard calling

”This way! This way!” answered Ruth

While she was calling, and while Andy and Spouter were doing their best to brush aside sole between Jack and Werner continued The bully landed on Jack's shoulder again and then on his chest, and in return received a crack on the chin which all but keeled hiet you, Jack Rover, and I will!” spluttered Werner, after this last attack And then, as Jack ain, the bully stepped around to one side, bringing hione down into his coat pocket, and now he brought out so

”I said I'd fix you, and this is how I' to do it! Look there, if you dare!” called out Werner, and pointed to a tree liave only the faintest of glances upward, but Ruth, azed wide-eyed at the li and hurled its contents forward

”There! Take that, Jack Rover!” he shouted triumphantly ”Take that, and see how you like it!”

It was a package of pepper which Gabe Werner had carried As it was thrown forward a small portion of it went in Jack's face, but thecaptain's shoulder and hit poor Ruth

”Oh! Oh!” screairl ”Oh, I am blinded! He threw pepper in my eyes!”

”You hound, you!” exclaih his eyes srains of pepper that had entered, hecrack in the jaw But then Werner threw the young captain backward over a rock, and just as Andy and Spouter put in an appearance he dodged in a some heavy brushwood and quickly disappeared

”What did he do?” deot the worst of it,” answered Jack ”Go on after him; we'll have to attend to our eyes”

Jack's eyes were bad enough, but Ruth's werewith pain, and Jack was just then in no condition to assist her Seeing this, Andy and Spouter set up a yell for soo after Werner, and then did what they could to relieve the sufferers

”Couess water will be about the best thing you can use Anyhow, you can wash out the pepper if there is any left”

Both cadets assisted Ruth to the water's edge, and Jack stuun to inflame, ashed out carefully, and then, as Ruth continued to complain of the pain, they bound up her eyes with their handkerchiefs

”I think ht after a while,” said Jack ”They smart a little, but that's all”

”Don't you think Ruth had better see a doctor?” suggested Spouter

”By all et back to town just as soon as we possibly can

He can probably give her some sort of ointment that will relieve the pain and take away the infla up The news that Ruth had received a dose of pepper in her eyes excited everybody

”Gabe Werner ought to be put in jail for this,” said Martha

”Isn't it theyou ever heard of!” came from May

The exciteot all about Bill Glutts As a consequence when they turned to where they had left that unworthy, Glutts had disappeared

”Well, he got a good beating, anyhow,” said Randy ”I think that will teach him to leave our stuff alone after this”