and all the upper classmen refused to accept anything for their own pockets.
In despair, the directors finally hit upon the scheme of subscribing one thousand dollars to the funds of the Athletics Committee.
The catching of the bank robbers solved the nitroglycerine mystery.
One of the safe-blowing quartette was recognized by the police as having been in Gridley at the time when that nitroglycerine package was received at the express office.

Had they gotten their box in safety the robbers would have entered the bank that night, and there might have been a different story---one of great loss to the bank.
Fred Ripley?
His further story belongs to the following volume.
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went through their freshman year with credit all around.
When next we meet them we shall find them sophomores, with all the privileges of upper classmen.

We shall meet these young sophomores in a sparkling tale of High School life and doings, ambitions and work, sports and pastimes.

The next volume will be published under the title: "_The High School Pitcher; or Dick & Co.