im
about it. He saved my life----"

Here his voice faltered, and Sid hid his face in his hands.

A few more questions and they left him, shamed to the marrow by what he
had done, but relieved at getting the thing off his conscience.

Outside the room, Professor Raymond turned to Fred.

"Rushton," he said, "this confession will be laid before Doctor Rally at
once, and you can trust us to deal with Shanks. In the meantime, I want
to shake hands with you, and tell you how delighted I am to have this
thing cleared up. It must have been a fearful strain on you, but you
have borne yourself nobly. And your brave act of to-day only confirms me
in what I have felt all along, that you were a credit to Rally Hall."

Fred stammered some words of thanks and was off to break the glorious
news to his brother.

Teddy went wild with delight.

"Glory, hallelujah!" he shouted, catching Fred in his arms and dancing
around the room.

"Hey, what's the matter with you fellows?" called out Lester Lee, as
they gyrated about. "You act as though you'd just got money from home."

"Better than that, eh, Ted?" beamed Fred, his face radiant with
happiness.

"You bet it is," chuckled Teddy.

"Better than money, eh?" grunted Lester. "It must be pretty good then.
But bear in mind that this is a respectable joint, and if you don't stop
acting rough house, I'll call a cop and have you pinched."

But it was a long time before they could sober down. The reaction was so
great that they laughed and chattered and whooped like a pair of
lunatics.

Fred felt as though he were walking on air. The black cloud was lifted.
His good name was given back to him. He stood untarnished before the
world.

"What are you going to do to Andy?" asked Teddy.

"Do?" replied Fred. "I'm going to lick him to a frazzle."

But Doctor Rally got at Andy first.

That very night, he sent for him and confronted him with the confession.
Andy, true to his nature, tried to lie out of it, but, under the
searching questions of the head of the school, he broke down and
confessed. Then Doctor Rally, in words that stung and blistered even
Andy's thick hide, told him that he was a disgrace to the school, and
commanded him to leave Rally Hall, bag and baggage, within twenty-four
hours.

Andy begged and blubbered, but to no purpose. His offence was too
dastardly and contemptible. The doctor, doubly enraged because he had so
nearly condemned an innocent lad, justified the repu