On the other hand, Hal and Noll were no mean boxers. They had gained their skill with their fists in many a brisk garrison bout with the gloves. Moreover, both Army boys possessed the advantage of soldierly courage and discipline. So, for a few moments, though they took some blows, yet they managed to keep off the wolf-pack fairly well. Hal Overton's blood was up now, and he was dangerous. Watching his chance he let fly a blow that caught Bunny forcefully on the nose. "Wow-ow-ow! O-o-oh!" wailed Bunny, trying to find shelter behind one of his companions. "The soldier-loafer is trying to kill me. Wade into him, fellers! Get him down and----" At that moment Hal, with Noll at his back, worked through the line and caught Bunny over his left eye with a force that sent the noisy one down to the sidewalk. "Get up, you cur!" ordered Hal. For a moment the members of the gang on Overton's side of the fight seemed paralyzed. Gripping Bunny Hepburn by the collar, Hal dragged the fellow to his feet and instantly planted a blow that closed the other eye. "Now, you'll stay put," panted Hal breathlessly. "Come on, the rest of you hyenas, and we'll walk through the whole crowd of you!" With a yell of defiance the gang closed in. While the mix-up was at its hottest, a low, trilling whistle sounded from Skinny Carroll's lips. Only two of the gang heard it in the excitement; that pair took to their heels at once. Down the street came a pair of flying feet. "Cop! cop!" yelled Skinny Carroll. "Duck and run!" Three more of the gang heard and took to their heels at once. One of the fugitives ran squarely into the policeman's arms. The blue-coat stopped another by drawing his revolver and commanding a halt. When the policeman came along with his two prisoners Noll had a third to add to the collection. Hal had Bunny and another of the late fighting crew. "What's this trouble about?" demanded the policeman gruffly. "It's an outrage, and high time you got here," wailed Bunny. "Officer, just look at me!" "You seem to look just right to me," grinned the policeman. "Officer, I demand that you arrest these two fellows!" insisted Bunny, in a shaking voice. "They'd have killed me if you hadn't got here just when you did." "Hold your tongue," commanded the policeman. Then, turning to Hal, he asked: "What's the rights of this affair?" "Don't you listen to what they say!" screamed Bunny. "They'll lie like a house afire. I was going along, minding my own business, when this pair jumped on me. You see what they did to me." "Officer, what's the meaning of this?" demanded a man who had just come on the scene. It was Bunny's father, the agitator and anarchistic lecturer. "If you'll keep quiet long enough I'll soon find out," retorted the policeman. "Officer," demanded the elder Hepburn, "do you know who I am?" "Yes; that's why I want you to keep quiet," retorted the policeman, with no great show of awe or respect. "But----"