`` See if you can . '' `` Go and pick that bunch of nettles , then , '' and Stuffy pointed to a sturdy specimen of that prickly plant growing by the wall . Nan instantly `` grasped the nettle , '' pulled it up , and held it with a defiant gesture , in spite of the almost unbearable sting . `` Good for you , '' cried the boys , quick to acknowledge courage even in one of the weaker sex . More nettled than she was , Stuffy determined to get a cry out of her somehow , and he said tauntingly , `` You are used to poking your hands into every thing , so that is n't fair . Now go and bump your head real hard against the barn , and see if you do n't howl then . '' `` Do n't do it , '' said Nat , who hated cruelty . But Nan was off , and running straight at the barn , she gave her head a blow that knocked her flat , and sounded like a battering-ram . Dizzy , but undaunted , she staggered up , saying stoutly , though her face was drawn with pain , `` That hurt , but I do n't cry . '' `` Do it again , '' said Stuffy angrily ; and Nan would have done it , but Nat held her ; and Tommy , forgetting the heat , flew at Stuffy like a little game-cock , roaring out , `` Stop it , or I 'll throw you over the barn ! '' and so shook and hustled poor Stuffy that for a minute he did not know whether he was on his head or his heels . `` She told me to , '' was all he could say , when Tommy let him alone . `` Never mind if she did ; it is awfully mean to hurt a little girl , '' said Demi , reproachfully . `` Ho ! I do n't mind ; I ai n't a little girl , I 'm older than you and Daisy ; so now , '' cried Nan , ungratefully . `` Do n't preach , Deacon , you bully Posy every day of your life , '' called out the Commodore , who just then hove in sight . `` I do n't hurt her ; do I , Daisy ? '' and Demi turned to his sister , who was `` pooring '' Nan 's tingling hands , and recommending water for the purple lump rapidly developing itself on her forehead . `` You are the best boy in the world , '' promptly answered Daisy ; adding , as truth compelled her to do , `` You hurt me sometimes , but you do n't mean to . '' `` Put away the bats and things , and mind what you are about , my hearties .
No fighting allowed aboard this ship , '' XXXXX Emil , who rather lorded it over the others .
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