"I didn't say so."
"But you meant it. Well, Larkspur, it won't do. I know about this, and so does Max. Koswell has got to clear Tom Rover, and that is all there is to it."
"Will you keep quiet about me if I clear Rover?" asked Jerry Koswell eagerly.
"That depends on what Tom Rover says. I am going right to him now and tell him what I heard."
"And I'll go along," said Max. He turned to Henry Cale. "You will have to excuse me, Henry. This is a private affair of importance."
"Sure," was the ready answer. "I wouldn't have butted in if I had known something was doing," and Henry walked off toward the college buildings.
"Just tell Tom Rover to wait—we'll fix it up somehow," cried Jerry to Songbird and Max as the pair departed. "It's all a—er—a mistake. I'm—er—sorry I got Rover into it—really I am."
"No doubt of it, now!" answered Songbird significantly. "Evildoers are usually sorry—after they are caught!"
