CHAPTER XVI. 

HAL ON THE WATCH. 

"Let up there, you brute!" 

Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air. 

When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl. 

"What, you!" he exclaimed. 

"Exactly. What do you mean by treating this girl so rudely?" 

"You are following me," went on Ferris, ignoring the question which had been put to him. 

"What if I am?" 

"You think you're smart, don't you?" sneered Ferris. 

"He's a mean, ugly thing!" put in the girl, between her sobs. "I wish he was arrested." 

"Shut up!" roared Ferris, turning to her. "You ran into me on purpose." 

"I didn't. We've got a right to coast in this alley; mamma said so." 

"You ought to be arrested for striking the little girl," said Hal. "I am awfully glad I arrived in the nick of time to save her from more punishment." 

"Good fer you, mister!" cried a small youth standing near. "Give him one in der eye!" 

"Yes, do him up, mister," cried several others. 

Ferris turned upon them like a savage animal. 

"Get out of here, every one of you," he howled, "unless you want to be hammered to death." 

"Don't you move," said Hal. "You evidently have more right here than he has." 

"Indeed!" said Ferris, turning to Hal. "I wish you would keep your nose out of my affairs." 

"Don't let him sass you, mister," put in one of the urchins. "He didn't have no cause ter hit Katie." 

Ferris pounced upon the boy at once, and cuffed him right and left. In the midst of the castication, however, Hal caught the bully by the arm, and a second later Dick Ferris measured his length in the gutter. 
Who was crying?
Why?
What did she hope would happen?
Who?
Is he attractive?
Who surprised him?
Was there a scuffle at the end?
Between who?
And then?
Do we know who won the fight?
Who?
Where did the fight end?
What did the girl's parent say?
Was her mom at the scene?
Who else was there?
What did he say?
Was he against the fight?
Who's side was he on?
Was a threat made?
What was it?
Katie
"He's a mean, ugly thing!" put in the girl, between her sobs. 
for coasting in th alley
"I didn't. We've got a right to coast in this alley; mamma said so." 
that he was arrested
"He's a mean, ugly thing!" put in the girl, between her sobs. "I wish he was arrested." 
Ferris
"You think you're smart, don't you?" sneered Ferris. 

"He's a mean, ugly thing!" put in the girl, between her sobs. "I wish he was arrested." 
no
"He's a mean, ugly thing!" put in the girl, between her sobs. "I wish he was arrested." 

Hal
Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air. 

When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl. 
yes
Ferris pounced upon the boy at once, and cuffed him right and left. In the midst of the castication, however, Hal caught the bully by the arm, and a second later Dick Ferris measured his length in the gutter.
Ferris and the boy at first
Ferris pounced upon the boy at once,
Ferris and Hal
 however, Hal caught the bully by the arm, and a second later Dick Ferris measured his length in the gutter.
yes
Hal caught the bully by the arm, and a second later Dick Ferris measured his length in the gutter. 
Hal
 and a second later Dick Ferris measured his length in the gutter.
in the gutter
Hal caught the bully by the arm, and a second later Dick Ferris measured his length in the gutter. 
That they had a right to coast in the alley.
"I didn't. We've got a right to coast in this alley; mamma said so." 

no
"I didn't. We've got a right to coast in this alley; mamma said so." 
a small youth
"Good fer you, mister!" cried a small youth standing near.
"Good fer you, mister!"
"Good fer you, mister!" cried a small youth standing near. "Give him one in der eye!" 
no
"Good fer you, mister!" cried a small youth standing near. "Give him one in der eye!" 
Hal's

"Good fer you, mister!" cried a small youth standing near. "Give him one in der eye!" 
yes
"Get out of here, every one of you," he howled, "unless you want to be hammered to death." 

"Get out of here, every one of you, unless you want to be hammered to death."
"Get out of here, every one of you," he howled, "unless you want to be hammered to death."