her poor chap in trouble. I guess if
you know how to run a car decently you will get the job, if I speak to
my dad. Now, another thing--that ten dollars you wanted to put back, was
it in one bill?"

"Two fives," replied Hank, catching his breath.

"Then perhaps we can fix it up. I've got one here. Jerry, can you help
me out?" asked Frank, who believed in doing the whole thing, once he
started.

"Just happen to have it, by good luck," replied the other cheerfully.

"Say! that's too much, fellers--an' after I played that mean trick,
too!"

"Don't worry about that. I'm not giving you this, Hank, only loaning it
to you. You can pay it back out of your first month's salary. Here you
are, and don't think for a minute that you're getting the best of all
this. We're enjoying it, in our own way, more than you ever can. See you
to-morrow, then. Good-night, Hank!"

They left the fellow standing there, quite dumb. He had tried to answer
them as they rode off, but not a sound could he utter.

"Talk to me about the queer things that crop up with us, will you!"
laughed Jerry as he kept close at Frank's heels. "Did you ever really
hear the equal of that, now?"

"Oh, it's an old story. The only decent thing about it is the fact that
of his own free will Hank was breaking away from his evil associations
and heading back home, when he met with this last trouble. I say,
Bluff!"

"Hello, Frank! What is it?" came from the rear, where the party
addressed was following in the wake of his chums.

"How about Hank? Do you know if he ever played chauffeur half-way
decent? I'd hate to risk the pater's neck with a greenhorn."

"Come to think of it, he used to run old Cragin's car for quite some
time. Had an accident, and was discharged; but some people said Hank
wasn't to blame; that it came about because the old man was too stingy
to buy the right kind of tires, and always picked up job lots."

"Glad to hear it. He won't have that fault to find with the governor.
Well, here we separate, fellows. To-morrow morning, at the boathouse,
about eight, to lay our plans and arrange for the trip to the city."

With a cheery good-night the chums separated, and each headed for his
home.

In the morning they once more came together, and for some hours there
was an earnest talk, during which many ideas were put forward, and order
gradually took the place of chaos.

A knock at the door took Frank thither, for he suspected who the visitor
might