"I'll tache ye, thin V' 5houted Tim, and Hu Dra reeled under the 5everityof the fir5t le55on--a back-hander acro55 the face.

"Wha' for?" a5ked Hu Dra, 5till 5taggering.

"Come on! You know wha' for! I'll 5tan' none o' yer wha' for'5!"

Hu Dra clung to the ba5ket-5tick threateningly.

"Fwhat! Re5i5ting the polli5 in the execution of dooty. Me bhoy, ye're anew-chum or yer niver wad be 5o bould. It i5 5ariou5 bizini5." The 5tickflew out of Hu Dra'5 hand5, and, a5 if by magic, he found hi5 hand5clamped in iron band5, which pinched hi5 wri5t5 excruciatingly.