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Picking the missive up, Jack read: "It's a long lane that has no turns. I'll get even with you for having me suspended and sent away from the Hall. My time will come yet. "Jerry Chowden." "Jerry Chowden," murmured Jack. "So he's trying to scare me, eh? Well I guess he'll find I don't scare." Jack slowly folded the letter and placed it back in the envelope.
"Who said I was afraid?" demanded Jack hotly. "You seem to act so." "I don't know that I ever did you any harm, Jerry Chowden," Jack said, more quietly, "but if you feel so why I can't help it." "I do, and I'm going to get even," spoke Jerry, advancing closer to Jack. "Stand aside," demanded Jack, as the bully almost brushed against him. "Not until you've given me satisfaction."
As the latter came opposite the last building that stood on the edge of where there were a number of vacant lots, he was surprised to hear a hail. "Hold on there!" someone cried. "Who are you?" asked Jack, looking around. Then, as three figures emerged from the shadows and blocked his path, he exclaimed: "Oh, it's you, is it, Jerry Chowden? Well, what do you want?"
He did not see three figures sneaking into the shadow of a dark doorway just as he turned. "We'll have him just where we want him," whispered one of the youths who had been following the students. "You're not going to be three to one, are you?" asked one of the trio. "No, I guess Jerry Chowden is a match for Jack Ranger any day," was the answer. "You two can look on, and see me wallop him."
The only answer was a mocking laugh, and, as the boat was now far enough past to show the faces of the rowers, Jack looked to see who they were. "Jerry Chowden!" he exclaimed. "I thought he was in Chicago," and he recalled the threatening letter. "Guess he's here to see the closing exercises," remarked John. "Who's that with him?" "Adrian Bagot" replied Jack. "Well, they're a nice team.
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