Indeed he had a surprise for them and he intended
to work up to the climax for all it was worth.
"Come on, I am going to make you fight me."
The challenger was quite a lusty fellow, and on appearances one would
have thought he would knock the chappie over with a mere side-swing of
his arm.
"Say, you fellows are foolish. Don't provoke me; I am a terror--yes, I
am--hee, hee, hee!"
"All right, I am looking for a terror."
"And you want me to go over to the grove?"
"Yes."
"And you insist upon it?"
"Yes, I do."
"Well, I'll go over with you."
The party, full of glee, walked over to the grove.
There was the challenger and two friends and our hero, and he amused his
friends by a display of his agility, his muscle and sinew. When they
reached the grove the fellow who was to fight threw off his coat and
Oscar said:
"See here! It's a good deal of trouble for me to thrash you; it's like
work--I don't like work. I'll give you fellows fifteen cents to go to
get your beer and call it off.
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