"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 room without getting in the way," persisted
Rand. "I think you did it on purpose."
"Aw, go wan!" returned the man. "Don't get 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," murmured Jack. "I thought we had got rid of
him."
"Keep cool, Rand," advised Don; "it isn't worth while making a fuss
over."
"He ought 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 him good manners," objected Jack.
"It's the only way you can teach some people," argued 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, smash us up so we couldn't row to-morrow," guessed Jack.
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