"I didn't say so."
"But you meant it. Well, Larkspur, it won't do. I know about this, and
so does Max. Koswell has got to clear Tom Rover, and that is all there
is to it."
"Will you keep quiet about me if I clear Rover?" asked Jerry Koswell
eagerly.
"That depends on what Tom Rover says. I am going right to him now and
tell him what I heard."
"And I'll go along," said Max. He turned to Henry Cale. "You will have
to excuse me, Henry. This is a private affair of importance."
"Sure," was the ready answer. "I wouldn't have butted in if I had
known something was doing," and Henry walked off toward the college
buildings.
"Just tell Tom Rover to wait--we'll fix it up somehow," cried Jerry
to Songbird and Max as the pair departed. "It's all a--er--a mistake.
I'm--er--sorry I got Rover into it--really I am."
"No doubt of it, now!" answered Songbird significantly. "Evildoers are
usually sorry--after they are caught!"
CHAPTER XI
HOW TOM ESCAPED PUNISHMENT
Dick and Sam were good walkers, so it did not take them long to reach
Ashton. While covering the distance they talked over Tom's dilemma,
but failed to reach any conclusion concerning it.
"It's too bad," said Sam, "especially when the term has just opened.
It will give Tom a black eye."
"I don't think he'll stand for too much punishment, being innocent,
Sam. He'll go home first.
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