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eelmen to keep off the attacks of troublesome dogs who attempt to bar

is shaped like a pistol a

a, or hot water, or whatever else one chooses to squirt in

y reason to believe to be spurious, he had taken the little gun from his suitcase, wher

sides, he quickly took account of stock, as one might

n at the fellow's face and

in the mask and the old clothes suddenly

one of the intruders from

tout stick he held in his hand and beating a hasty

mbers of the party of hazers and discharged an

rst, for it contained assa

nd two of the hazers got full doses

e of it or he could not have

the ground and began to v

as one of the fellows dosed. "Oh! get me some

thy whatever for the sneak. "You are dirty enough inside and o

gasping and groaning by turns and

been more sympathetic, but in this case the victim was simply

" howled Holt. "Go send for a do

at will be good for you. Take off that mask of yours and you will breathe better. If

other hazer was unknown to him, as he did

d was in a very uncomfortable state, but there was no

n't got through with you fellows yet, but first I want to see how Herring and Merritt are coming on. He is a

ly found Herring bending over a spring and try

stick he had carried, and was tot

g," laughed Jack as he came up behind the bully and

Jack gave him another ducking, and

ule," he laughed, "but that is the only thing that a fellow lik

nally left him to look for Merritt, who also

laughed, as he finally came upon the sneak sitting on a

ng," snarled Merritt, too weak to get

ck. "And you have your old clothes on also. How does that

s they wouldn't get hurt. You gotter wear something ov

he plunged his hand into a mudhole close by a

of the stuff to the bully's fa

ybe it will cure you of trying to haze a fellow unawares. Think it ove

pring, evidently fearing that he would get another dose, which in

" he said with a grin, "and I am not resentful enough to furt

ooking very wretched and said, wiping

Holt. You don't look very pr

stinks!" y

irritant to the other. And like curses like, you know. That's the

I had nothing to do with it. I w

face, are you? Well, you are homely enough to give a young

t," said Holt, trying to wipe the m

asked Jack. "Where was He

How did you kn

you can actually smell them, Holt. Herring's is one.

it was Herring, what did you wa

sguise his voice. Why didn't he get some one I did not know at all? He was the

ive him as bad

different," an

e, you see. Have a litt

Jack plastered the bully's face and n

it, but, then, that is merely the point of view. There is

go, having really had enough fun with the bullies to last him some

they were about. That was stupid of Herring to get on the wire himself. Why didn't he g

here he found Bucephalus washing t

id. "Honest Injun, now, did you know anything about a

e no tullyphome message? I done heard it mahse'f, sah, an

now of any trick to

'deed Ah d

Jack was convinced that he was t

the doctor's study, where he found the principal

was not the one given to him, he called up Mr.

hat the whole affair had been a hoax and that probably Buc

nd taken my call without Jones knowing anything about it," he said as he hung up the receiver

ng satisfied to have gotten the best of his enemies without publishing it, a

m eating too much, and that Merritt had fallen into the brook and

ual, and probably he had more ways of getting over his trouble

aid no attention to it, and did not mention the affair to any of his frie

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