"Why don't you say die and have it out!" blurted Diamond. "That's what he's in danger of, poor chap."
"Well, if he should die," added Baker, "there ought to be a lot of trouble for the chap who pushed him in front of the car."
"Ah! if we only knew who that was!" said Diamond.
"I suppose that will always be a mystery," said Baker, and with this both left the shop.
"The miserable scoundrel!" exclaimed Diamond, under his breath, as soon as they were well outside. "There isn't any doubt that he was the fellow that did it."
"Of course there isn't," responded Baker, "but what makes you so emphatic in saying so now?"
"Why this! If Miller had had a spark of manhood in him he would have made some inquiry about Merriwell while we were talking about him. The very fact that he kept his mouth shut showed that he was afraid to speak for fear of giving himself away."
"Oh, he's the one, sure enough," Baker declared, "and I don't think there's any doubt that we've given him a good bit of fright for a starter. Now if he doesn't skip the town——"
"Rattleton and the others will look out for that," interrupted Diamond.
At that moment they saw Hodge idling in a doorway across the street and they knew that Rattleton must be loafing in a similar way in some other spot.