iceman."

"Danny ought to own up that he did it."

"He won't do it. He'll put it off on me if he can,--because I chased him
in the first place."

"Did Mr. Ringley know it was you?"

"I don't know. Now, Nan, remember, you promised not to tell."

"All right, Bert, I won't say a word. But--but--what do you think Mr.
Ringley will do?"

"I don't know."

When they reached the school Danny Rugg was nowhere to be seen. The boys
continued to have fun snowballing, but Bert had no heart for play and
went to his classroom immediately. But he could not put his mind on his
lessons and missed both in geography and arithmetic.

"Bert, you are not paying attention," said the teacher severely. "You
just said the capital of Pennsylvania was Albany. You must know better
than that."

"Philadelphia," corrected Bert.

"After this pay more attention."

Danny Rugg did not come to school, nor did he show himself until an hour
after school was out. Bert had gone home and brought forth his sled, and
he and Nan were giving Freddie and Flossie a ride around the block when
Danny hailed Bert.

"Come here, I want to talk to you," he said, from across the street.

"What do you want?" asked Bert roughly.

"I've got something to tell you. It won't take but a minute."

Bert hesitated, and then leaving Nan to go on alone with the sled, he
crossed to where Danny was standing, partly sheltered by a tree box.

"You can't blame that broken window off on me, Danny Rugg," he began.

"Hush!" whispered Danny, in alarm. "I ain't going to blame it off on
you, Bert. I only want you to promise to keep quiet about it."

"Why should I? It was your fault."

"Was it? I don't think so. You began the fight. Besides, if you dare to
say a word, I'll--I'll give you a big thrashing!" blustered Danny.

He clenched his fists as he spoke and looked so fierce that Bert
retreated a step.

"I haven't said anything, Danny."

"Then you had better not. Old Ringley doesn't know who broke his window.
So you keep quiet; do you hear?"

"Are you sure he doesn't know?"

"Yes, because he has been asking everybody about it."

There was a pause and the two boys looked at each other.

"You ought to pay for the window," said Bert.

"Huh! I'm not going to do it. You can pay for it if you want to. But
don't you dare to say anything about me! If you do, you'll catch it, I
can tell you!" And then Danny walked off.

"What did he have to say?" questioned Nan, when Bert