I'd be only too glad to do it."
There was a dead silence when Rod finished speaking, for all were now
anxiously waiting to see what would follow. Even Captain Josh, always
so ready with his tongue, was at a loss for words. He stared first at
Rod and then at Tom.
"Well, I never!" he at length ejaculated. "What d'ye want me to do
with him, then?" and he pointed to the man upon the ground.
"Let him go," Rod quickly replied, "He doesn't want to 'pologise, and
I don't want him to do it, so there."
"All right, then," the captain assented, "I'll do as ye say. Git up,
Tom Bunker, and git out of this. When ye say yer prayers
to-night--that is, if ye say them, which I doubt--thank the Lord that
ye got out of this scrape without any bones broken."
With that, Captain Josh picked up his stick, and started for home,
while the on-lookers went back to the store to discuss Tom Bunker's
defeat.
CHAPTER VI
A NEW FRIEND
Rod was late for school, and received a tardy mark. The teacher also
spoke quite sharply, and told him that school opened at nine instead of
a quarter after. At any other time Rod would have felt keenly this
reprimand. But now it did not trouble him, as he had other things to
think about.
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