"How can you make up for it?" retorted Baker. "Do you know any way of restoring a dead person to life?"
"No, I don't, but I never would have gone to do it if I'd supposed that it would be serious, so help me, I never would!"
"I don't think that that makes any difference."
At this moment there was a stir in the room back of the students. Baker turned inquiringly.
One of the students who had really been present all the time now pretended to be coming in from the outside in a hurry.
"Prof. Humperdink," said this student, "is on the way, and will be here in a minute or two."
"Ah!" responded Baker, in a tone of relief, "perhaps then that may make things better, for, of course, while we are bound to punish this man Miller, we want Merriwell restored to life if such a thing can be done."
"Humperdink can do it if anybody can!" said Rowe.
"Do you mean to say, gentlemen," gasped Miller, "that there's a chance that Merriwell may be restored?"
"We can't tell until Humperdink comes," responded Baker, solemnly. "Haven't you ever heard of Humperdink?"