o stopped it, hot liner though it was, and the batter was
out--retiring the side.

CHAPTER XXXII

VICTORY

Mortimer Gaffington stayed on at Yale. How he did it Andy and Dunk, who
alone seemed to know of his father's failure, could not tell. Andy's
mother confirmed her first news about Mr. Gaffington's losses. Yet
Mortimer stayed at college.

Afterward it developed that he was in dire straits, and only by much
ingenuity did he manage to raise enough to keep up appearances. He
borrowed right and left, taking from one to satisfy the demands of
another--an endless chain sort of arrangement that was bound to break
sooner or later.

But Mortimer had managed to make a number of new friends in the "fast"
set and these were not careful to remind him of the loans he solicited.
Then, also, these youths had plenty of money. On them Mortimer preyed.

He gave a number of suppers which were the talk of the college, but he
was wise enough to keep them within certain bounds so that he was not
called to account. But he was walking over thin ice, and none knew it
better than himself. But there was a fatal fascination in it.

Several times he came to Dunk to invite him to attend some of the
midnight affairs, but Dunk declined, and Andy was very glad. Dunk said
Mortimer had several times asked for loans, but had met with refusals.

"I'm not going to give him any more," said Dunk. "He's had enough of my
cash now."

"Hasn't he paid any back?" asked Andy.

"Some, yes, and the next time he wants more than at first. I'm done."

"I should think so," remarked Andy. "He's played you long enough."

"Oh, Mortimer isn't such a bad sort when you get to know him," went on
Dunk, easily. "I rather like him, but I can see that it isn't doing
anyone any good to be in his crowd. That's why I cut it out. I came here
to make something of myself--I owe it to dad, who's putting up the cash,
and I'm not going to disappoint him. Then, too, you old scout, I suppose
you wouldn't let me go sporting around the way I used to."

"Not much!" laughed Andy, but there was an undernote of seriousness in
his words.

There was nothing new in Link's case. It was still hanging fire in the
courts. And there were no more robberies. It was somewhat of a puzzle
to Andy that they should cease with the arrest of Link, whom he could not
believe guilty.

Dunk's watch had not been recovered, nor had any more of the valuable
books, one of which was found by the