ou have been found
out. You are a despicable villain, and you ought to be in jail. I
trusted you, and you have deceived me. More than that, you have tried
to get these young gentlemen into serious trouble. Don't deny it, for
it will do no good. We have the absolute proof against you, and those
proofs are also in the hands of the law. If you don't want to be
arrested, you will leave this school as soon as you can get your
baggage packed."

"Sir, I want you to know----" commenced Job Haskers, but stopped
short, for Doctor Clay had taken a stride forward and was shaking a
finger in the teacher's face.

"I will not argue with you, Haskers. For a long time I have not been
satisfied with your work, for you did not seem to have the students'
interest at heart. You have a good education. But a teacher must have
more than that--he must have a heart for his work. Now you are found
out, and I want nothing more to do with you. I will give you a check
for what is due you up to to-day, and you will sign a receipt in full,
and also your resignation, and then I never want to see or hear of you
again."

"And suppose I won't resign?" snarled the teacher. "I have a
contract----"

"If you don't get out, you'll go to jail."

"And we'll sue you," Dave could not help putting in.

"That's right, we'll push the case as far as the law allows," added
Phil.

"Ha! you think you are smart, but you don't know it all," snarled the
teacher, but his manner showed his uneasiness. He attempted to argue,
but Doctor Clay would not listen, and when he said he would send for a
constable, Job Haskers quickly capitulated, signed his resignation,
took his check, and hurried away to pack his baggage. He left about an
hour later, by the back way, so that none of the students saw him go.
An hour after that a man came for his trunks and bags; and that was
the last seen or heard of him at Oak Hall.

"Hurrah!" cried Dave, when the affair was at an end. "How glad I am
that Haskers is gone! I feel as if a weight had been taken from my
head!"

"I guess everybody will be glad," returned Roger, and he was right.
Some of the students wanted to get up a celebration in honor of the
unpopular teacher's departure, but this was not permitted. But the
boys had a time on the quiet, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

With the going away of Job Haskers, and the clearing up of the mystery
surrounding the letter, Oak Hall settled down once more to its normal
condition. Another