"Heard what?"
"About Merriwell."
"No. That is, nothing since morning. Has he——"
"Yes. He's gone!"
The two students looked at each other as if in great consternation. Rowe drew a long breath and remarked:
"Great Scott! that's awful."
Henderson sighed too, and both went out together without another word. Then they got around the nearest corner and burst into a perfect fit of laughter.
"Say! but he looked as if he'd seen a ghost," chuckled Henderson.
"Gee whiz!" returned Rowe, "but he was blue. How will he look to-night, eh?"
"I'm just burning up to have the fun begin," answered Henderson, "and we shall have to wait until midnight."