“I told you that I knew nothing about it.”

“You know now.”

“Yes.”

“What are you gong to do?”

“Nothing.”

“Do you fancy it will be a good thing for you?”

“I do not fancy anything about it.”

“Well, it will be the worst thing that can happen. It will do you no good, for the management will not be driven into taking you back.”

“Isn’t it about time for you to get it through your head that I do not care a rap whether I get back or not so long as Yale wins?” demanded Frank, with a slight show of impatience.

It was “about time,” but Lorrimer had come there with the idea that Merriwell was behind the indignation-meeting movement, and it had to be beaten out of his head. He had thought that Frank was fighting hard to force the management to restore him to his old position, and he disliked to give up the belief.