s an
outrage and I won't submit to it."

"You mean this boning away for Haskers?" queried Roger.

"Just that," answered the shipowner's son. "Why can't he treat us as
fairly as the other teachers did? It wouldn't hurt him a bit to give
us more time."

"Phil, what's the use of talking it over again?" asked Dave. "I
thought we had settled it once for all."

"No, I won't stand it, I tell you," cried Phil, stubbornly. "He can't
make a pack-mule of me."

"Well, then, speak to the doctor about it," advised Roger.

"I don't have to speak to the doctor," stormed Phil; and walking over
to a rack, he caught up his cap and marched from the room.

"He is certainly in a bad humor," was Dave's comment. "I am afraid
he'll put his foot into it, Roger."

"So am I. He's been aching to get back at old Haskers ever since he
put all this studying up to us."

"Do you know, Ben is just as angry at Haskers as Phil is?" went on our
hero, after a pause, during which both had hoped that their close chum
would return. But Phil had stalked down the stairs and out of the
building.

"Ben?"

"Yes, so he told me this noon."

"What about?"

"Oh, Ben talked in class and old Haskers penalized him heavily--gave
him a lot of extra Latin to do. It nearly broke Ben up."

"You told Ben about that Breen affair, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Maybe he and Phil will both go to Haskers about it."

"I hope not, Roger. I don't think it is just the right thing to do--to
use that as a club over Haskers to get him to let us off. I don't like
that kind of dealing."

"Neither do I. But it's just what such a mean-spirited fellow as
Haskers deserves. He has never treated us squarely since we came here.
I think this school would be a good deal better off without him, even
if he is well educated."

Dave heaved a deep sigh. He was on the point of replying, but changed
his mind. He took up his book again, and soon was trying his best to
study. Roger followed his example.

But both boys made slow progress. Each was thinking about Phil. What
would be the outcome of their headstrong chum's actions?

CHAPTER VII

PHIL AND BEN MAKE A MOVE
So far Dave and Nat Poole had not met face to face. Our hero had seen
the money-lender's son a number of times, but Nat had always been with
some of his cronies and had, apparently, not taken any notice.

But on the morning following the conversation just recorded, the pair
came face to face in one of the narrow hall