f they can make it convenient to come here, forthwith,
on a matter of corps honor?"

Greg departed. He was back within five minutes, simply nodding.
Very soon Mr. Packard and Mr. Maitland appeared. They listened
silently while Anstey laid the story before them. Then Packard
glanced at the second classman.

"Shall I speak for us both, Maitland?"

"If you please."

"Mr. Anstey, and gentlemen," continued Packard, "this is primarily
a matter affecting your own third class, and should be settled
by the members of your class. But, in its broader scope, the
conduct to which Mr. Dodge has confessed affects the entire corps.
Mr. Dodge charges that you are abusing your power. Maitland
and I beg to differ with him. Mr. Anstey, you have done the only
thing that can be done in such a case of infamy and dishonor.
Mr. Dodge will, of course, send in his resignation tomorrow;
it will be much easier for him than facing disgrace of a more
public kind through a published verdict of a general court-martial.
As soon as Mr. Dodge has reached his home he will also write
that letter exonerating Mr. Prescott; I am sure he will. If he
does not, the corps will then take steps to turn the evidence
over to the representative of the Associated Press, and of the
largest newspapers in the country. In other words, Mr. Dodge,
by refusing to write that letter, will face a vastly larger exposure
all through the country. Now, Maitland, as this is, first of
all, a class matter, I feel that we have offered enough. Gentlemen,
if you have no further need of us, we will withdraw."

The self-appointed committee of the yearling class withdrew a
moment after, Furlong and Dunstan carrying with them the evidence.

Bert Dodge tendered his resignation promptly. Within a week the
notice of its acceptance by the Secretary of War was published
before the battalion, and Dodge skulked away, alone, unregretted
and utterly crushed, to the railway station. During the last
few days he had been "cut" by every man in the corps.

Three days after his departure the superintendent of the United
States Military Academy received a letter that caused him much
astonishment. In this letter Dodge briefly confessed that he,
and he alone, was the guilty party in that cribbing affair, and
Dick Prescott had had no guilty share or knowledge in the incident.

"Hm!" mused the superintendent, a grim smile passing over his
face. "This Dodge business has all the ear-marks o