“Come,” he said, “let me take you back to the academy. He will be all right when he cools down. It isn’t safe for you to trust yourself with him now. He is beside himself with rage.”
It was quickly arranged that Hal should act as Zona’s escort, and the four set off down the path. Chester watched them a few moments and then deliberately started to follow, at the same time crying:
“You’re both cowards! Merriwell is a coward and a sneak! I dare him to come back!”
“Pay no attention to him, Hal!” said Dick.
Although they disregarded Arlington, he continued to follow them all the way through the woods.
“How did it happen?” asked June. “Why, I don’t understand it! Chester has been so good lately, and I thought he had changed.”
“How did you two come to be there, Darrell?” asked Dick.
Hal flushed.
“I will tell you sometime,” he said. “I don’t want to talk about it now.”
Coming to the border of the woods where they were in full view of Lakeside Academy, Dick paused.