"It was a splendid thing for you to do.

I---I don't know as I had any right to expect it, either, for I've been pretty mean to you." "I know," replied Dick, with the same dry smile.

"You put Tip Scammon up to the High School locker thefts, to get me in disgrace, and unlucky Tip had to go to jail for it." Fred Ripley glared at the freshman with terror-stricken eyes.
Then, without warning, Fred made a leap for ward, to clutch Dick by the throat..