"Yes," he replied, "and I'm awful glad of it." But Joel was mistaken; for Cloud was not to be found the next morning, and the condition of his room pointed to hasty flight.

He had taken alarm and saved himself from the degradation of public dismissal.

And so he passed from Hillton life and was known there no more.

Clausen escaped with a light punishment, for which both Joel and West were heartily glad.

"Because when you get him away from Cloud," said West, "Clausen's not a bad sort, you know." Richard Sproule was suspended for the balance of the fall term, and was no longer monitor of his floor.