CHAPTER VIII.
DICK FIRES BOTH BARRELS "Oh---great Scott!" gasped Tom Reade, as he paused at an item in "The Blade" the following morning.
That item had been written by Prescott.

There could be no doubt about it in Reade's mind.
"What's the matter ?" asked Tom's father.
"Oh, Dick has been paying his respects to a certain clique in the High School, I take it," Tom replied, with a grin.

"I heard, yesterday, that he was going to shoot into that crowd.

But---and here's a short editorial on the same subject, too.

Wow! Dick has fired into the enemy with both barrels!" A moment later Tom passed the paper over to his father.