“Some one who doesn’t like you has done this, Jack, or had it done. You don’t suspect Brooke?”
“No, for it would mean the loss of all our patronage to him. He is not such a fool.”
“No, of course not. Who is it then?”
“That I don’t know. There was collusion with some one in the News office, of course, and it will be difficult to find just where it comes in. This thing was done to throw discredit on me and to stop the life of the Gazette.”
“That’s just what it would mean if the thing had gone through.”
“It was done by some one who knows the Academy and the fellows,” declared Harry. “It was aimed at Jack, principally. We know who does not like him here and it should not be a hard matter to find who is responsible.”
“It may be one for all that,” replied Jack. “This is a serious business and the perpetrators will cover their tracks. One thing is certain. You must watch every boy that reads the Gazette to-morrow. Shall I have the bundle sent up here or go after it?”
“We have generally gone after them and done the distributing ourselves in the past,” said Percival. “If we do that now the fellow who engineered this business will be the first to get a copy of the paper and to make it public. Did any one see you leave this afternoon or did any one know why you went to Riverton?”
“No, there was no one around when I left except yourself and only Hal and Art saw me return.”
“Then no one suspects that you have discovered this article and suppressed it. I will take a run down in the morning and get the papers. You were to let Brooke know?”