"Jordan," he exclaimed contritely, "I'm the greatest ass in the corps!"

"You must be!" exploded Dick's enemy. "But what was the cause of it all?"

"Why, Jordan, you—-you see——-"

"Who is Miss Bentley?"

"Jordan, she's Prescott's girl!"

"What?" gasped the other cadet, staring at his classmate.

"Fact!"

"Prescott's—-girl?"

"Yes."

"Jove, a puppy like Prescott has no business with a superb girl like that."