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had fallen back, and Billy was attempting to defend himself.
"Mebbe she'll make me do it again to-night. If she does, I'll give you some more o' this to-morrow, and every time I have to beg your pardon. Do you hear?"
The boys cheered lustily, and Billy Tompkins, completely whipped and ashamed, slunk away.
That night no report of the fight went home. Fred Brent held the master hand.
In life it is sometimes God and sometimes the devil that comes to the aid of oppressed humanity. From the means, it is often hard to tell whose handiwork are the results.
