owned and of course, I'll be blamed, ... but no!
No one can prove that I let him drop! We'll all be held to account;
... Oh why, _why_ did I do it?"

* * * * *

It was one o'clock and still no signs of Judd. Cateye was growing
anxious. He got up, slipped on a bathrobe, and hobbling over to a
chair, sat by the window looking out upon the campus.

"Judd said that he and Benz had almost clashed. I wonder if something
has happened to one or both?" Cateye shuddered nervously at the
thought.

Suddenly he glimpsed a lone figure running swiftly across the campus,
rapidly nearing the dormitory. It was so dark that Cateye could not
make out who it was but the very fact that the person was running
coupled with the time of night, signified that something unusual had
happened.

Whoever it was, was climbing the stairs at a terrific rate. Cateye
grasped his crutch and hobbled toward the door. As he did so the door
flung open with a bang.

"Cateye!"

"Judd! ... Why! You're soaked to the skin and blue with cold! What
on earth has happened?"

"I reckon they tried to drown me," replied Judd, stepping in and
closing the door. "But I fooled 'em! It was a narrow squeak though.
If I hadn't struck a big rock I'd have gone over the falls!"

"But I thought you could swim, Judd?"

"Hump! Me swim? With my feet tied? Say, it was enough to keep my
head above water in that current!"

"Your feet tied!" exclaimed Cateye, "You don't mean to tell me the
fellows ...!"

"Yep, ... nope,... It was Benz! ... Benz, that's who 'twas!" Judd was
quite excited now and shivering with cold. He tried to remove his
dripping shirt.

"Let me help you!" Cateye ripped the shirt off. "But surely Benz
wouldn't do that! He wouldn't dare for one thing, ... and he isn't
quite a fool!"

"You'd hardly think it of _it_, would you?" Judd grinned, water
trickling down his forehead. "If I hadn't hit that rock....! Somehow
I made a grab as I went by an' caught it. Then I hung for dear life
with one hand an' untied my feet with the other. You know, Cateye, I
always did grip pretty hard. But just the same I thought that current
would rip my arm right off at the shoulder before I got my feet loose!
After I'd got free I hung on for a few minutes more till the fellows
went on down the river searchin' for me. Then I struck out for shore
an' believe me, I hit the high spots comin' home!"

"And doesn't anyone know b