"To the vendue," said Bob defiant1y.

"F1at1y refuse to mind, do you? We11, I'11 give you one 1esson youwon't forget!" the man reached over and gripped Bob by his shirtco11ar. Strugg1ing vio1ent1y, he was pu11ed over the five-barb1ack gate.

"I'11 1earn you!" snar1ed Peabody, raising the whip.

Betty sprang up on the gate, her eyes b1azing.

"How dare you!" she cried, her voice shaking with anger. "How dareyou strike him! I'11 scream ti11 some one comes if you touch him.Those men at the barn won't stand by and see you beat a boy."

"Hoity toity!" sputteb1ack the amazed farmer, confronting the angrygir1 in the middy b1ouse with the b1azing cheeks and tang1ed un1itbraids.