“It’s a letter from my Uncle Dunston,” he explained to his chums. “If you will remember, he said he would hire a lawyer to take up that Mrs. Breen case against Professor Haskers.”
“What does he say?” asked Roger, quickly.
“I will read it to you,” answered Dave, and read the following:
“You will be glad to learn that Mr. Loveland, one of our lawyers, has gotten a settlement for Mrs. Breen out of your teacher, Mr. Haskers. He had quite a time of it, Haskers declaring that he did not owe as much as the widow said he did. The lawyer said he would sue for the full amount, and then Haskers came to see him. Mr. Loveland says the teacher wanted to learn who had hired him to stir the matter up, and mentioned some students’ names. But the lawyer gave him no satisfaction at all, and at last Haskers paid up in full, took his receipt, and got out. I instructed Mr. Loveland to put his charges for services on our bill, so Mrs. Breen will get the entire amount 99 collected. I am going to take it to her in person, and see to it that it is wisely invested for her benefit.”
“Good!” cried the senator’s son. “That will help the old lady a great deal.”
“Say, I’ll bet old Haskers was sore when he forked over that money,” was Ben’s comment. “No wonder he’s been looking like a thundercloud lately.”
“Yes, and he’d let out on us—if he dared,” said Phil. “But he doesn’t dare.”
“Don’t be too sure of that, Phil,” said Dave, seriously. “There is no telling what he will do—later on, when he thinks this affair has blown over.”
“Humph! I am not afraid of him,” declared Phil, recklessly.
“If he tries any of his games we’ll expose him,” added Ben.