CHAPTER VIII.
ONLY A "SUSPENDED" FRESHMAN NOW "What's wrong mother?
Have you heard-----" the boy began, as soon as the door was closed.
"Yes, Richard." "But, mother, I am inno-----" "Oh, Dick, of course you are! But this fearful suspicion is enough to kill one who loves you.

Come! Your father is in the store.
Dr.Thornton is upstairs.

He and---and---a policeman.
"Policeman!" gasped Dick, paling instantly.

"Do they mean to-----" "I don't know just what they mean, Dick I'm too dazed to guess," replied his mother.

"But come upstairs." As Dick entered their little parlor he was dimly aware that the High School principal was in the room.