to some sort of a game--I knew it."

"Well, what sort of a game do you think it was?"

"They're trying to fool you--trying to make you think they are ready to
bury the hatchet, while they are still waiting to hit you behind your
back whenever they can. That's the kind of chaps they are. They can't
fool me, if they can you. If they can lull you into carelessness till
their opportunity comes, they will drive the knife into you, and sink it
deep. Don't mink I'm thisted--I mean don't think I'm twisted. I am dead
certain of the sort of cattle I'm talking about. You will be playing
right into their hands if you get the idea that they have let up on you
in the least. When they get a good chance, you'll get it in the neck."

"Well, Harry, you may be right; but I have reasons to believe that
Flemming is anxious to call a truce just at present. He made a serious
mistake when he tried to enlist David Scott against me. Scott found out
all of Flemming's plots and secured enough evidence of the fellow's
rascality to cause his expulsion from Yale if it were made public."

"Well, it should be made public immediately."

"Oh, I don't know about that! Expulsion from college might mean the ruin
of Flemming's future."

"If he keeps on, he'll do that, whether he is expelled or not."

"If he does it himself, I shall not have it on my conscience. If I were
to bring about his expulsion, and he went to the dogs, I might blame
myself for it, thinking he would have done differently had he remained
here. Do you catch on?"

"I catch on that you are dead easy with your enemies till they force you
to down them for good."

"But when they do compel me to down them----"

"I will acknowledge that you always do a good job," said Rattleton, with
an approving grin.

"Mr. Scott believed that I should be severe with Flemming and Thornton,"
admitted Frank; "but I knew that Thornton was dragged into the business
by Flemming, without having any real heart for what he was doing. If I
were to expose Flemming, it would implicate Thornton, and that seemed
too much of a retaliation. I thought the whole matter over carefully,
and decided to give the fellows a chance. Then Mr. Scott went to them
and nearly frightened the life out of them by saying he meant to expose
them to the faculty. That brought them to their knees immediately."

Rattleton expressed his satisfaction by a vigorous pantomime.

"Finally," continued Frank, "when they had begged and promise