"That don't cost you anything," grinned one of the boys.
"Don't it, though?" Ben demanded angrily. "I had ten dollars and forty cents saved up for a bicycle. Dad said that, as long as I liked such expensive amusements, I could just pay the fine out of my bicycle money. So, now, I've got only forty cents left. And all because some fellows can't keep their mouths shut!"
"What do you mean by that, Ben?" demanded three or four fellows.
"I mean that Dick Prescott and his gang had to go and blab on us!" charged Ben Alvord. "There he is, now, the sneak!"
There was a great bobbing of heads. All eyes, and most of them accusing eyes, were turned on Dick & Co.
CHAPTER XX
DICK'S ACCUSER GETS TWO ANSWERS
Dick took a step forward, his face grave but his eyes steady as he faced his accuser.