e of you drop it. Perhaps it is the pocketbook."

Len wheeled and made a grab for it.

"That's mine!" he cried. "It must have worked up out of my pocket and
fallen. Thanks!" he added, warmly, to Andy.

With a quick motion Len opened his wallet. A strange look came over his
face as he cried:

"It's empty!"

"Empty!" gasped Mortimer. "Let's see!"

He leaned forward, as did Clarence, all three staring into the opened
pocketbook. Andy looked on curiously.

"It was one of those freshmen!" declared Mortimer, with conviction.
"They must have slipped their hand up in your coat when we were frisking
them, and taken out the money."

"But how could they when I still had the pocketbook?" asked Len, much
puzzled.

"They must have taken out the bills, and put the wallet back," went on
Mortimer, quickly. "They didn't get it all the way in your pocket and it
tumbled out when you were standing here. Lucky we noticed it or we
wouldn't have known what happened. Come on back. We'll find those
freshmen."

And, without another look at Andy, they wheeled and hurried across the
campus toward Vanderbilt Hall.

"Huh! That's queer!" mused Andy, as he continued on his way toward
Wright. "I'm glad I saw that wallet when I did."

CHAPTER XI

"ROUGH HOUSE"

"Oh, you, Dunk!"

"Stick out your noodle, Chamber!"

"Where are you?"

These were the cries that greeted Andy as he entered the passage leading
to his room in Wright Hall--the room he was to share with Duncan
Chamber. Down the hall he saw a group of lads who had evidently come to
rouse Andy's prospective chum. Somehow, our hero felt a little hurt that
he had to share his friend with others. But it was only momentarily.

"Open up there, Dunk! Open up!"

Thus came the appeal, and fists banged on the door. It was opened a
crack, and the rattle of a chain was heard.

"Get on to the beggar!"

"He must think we're a bunch of sophs!"

"Don't be afraid, Dunky, we're only your sweethearts!"

Thus the three callers gibed him.

"Oh, it's you fellows, is it?" asked Chamber, flinging wide the door,
and letting out a flood of light. "I thought I was in for a hazing, so I
was keeping things on the safe side. Come on in. I'm just straightening
up."

The three tumbled into the room. Andy followed, and at the sound of his
footsteps coming to a pause outside the portal Dunk peered out.

"Oh, hello, Blair!" he greeted, cordially! "I thought you were never
coming! Put her t