As soon as Bert got out of school he hurried into a corner of the yard
and made three good, hard snowballs. These he concealed under his
overcoat and then waited for Danny to appear.

The big boy must have known that Bert would try to square matters with
him, for as soon as he came out he ran in the direction of one of the
main streets of Lakeport, just the opposite direction to that which he
usually pursued.

"You shan't get away from me!" cried Bert, and ran after him. Soon he
threw one snowball and this landed on Danny's back. Then he threw
another and knocked off the bully's cap.

"Hi! stop that!" roared Danny, and stooped to pick up the cap. Whiz!
came the third snowball and hit Danny on the cheek. He let out a cry of
pain.

"I'll fix you for that, Bert Bobbsey!" he said, stooping down in the
street. "How do you like that?"

He had picked up a large chunk of ice lying in the gutter, and now he
threw it at Bert's head with all force. Bert dodged, and the ice went
sailing past him and hit the show window of a small shoe store,
shattering a pane of glass into a hundred pieces.




CHAPTER IV