As Stockie neared the tree in which Paul was hidden, he shouted: "I've got two!" The professor stepped forward and said: "I have one!" Paul could distinctly over-hear the professor question Stockie in regard to his chum's whereabouts, all knowledge of which the latter loyally but untruthfully denied.

He had grasped the situation at a glance.

The professor with his captive remained a long while and the latter was compelled to repeat the quail call time after time in hopes that the other victim would respond.

But the moaning of the pines was the only answer.

Finally the professor and his prisoner started for the college.