“Yes, you did. I heard you myself, and on that I largely based my own judgment. Don't lie.”
“I did not say that definitely, you know. I said that if what is said about him is true he ought to be there, Andy.”
“You are a liar! I myself heard you say it, and what is more, I have only just now heard how Roy has been treating you ever since September, giving you books, money, and buying things for you. You're a skunk! that's what you are.”
Garrett walked away. Smithers was left in no enviable frame of mind. The principal part of his
chagrin arose, not from the fact that he had been mean and cowardly, but that it had been discovered that he had received assistance from any one, and especially from Roy Henning.
CHAPTER XVI
Roy Makes a Move
ROY HENNING gave much anxious consideration to the ugly tangle in which he found himself involved. He sincerely, but unavailingly, regretted that he had allowed himself to become the treasurer. Perhaps, he thought, if he had followed the letter of his father's wishes this unfortunate business would never have happened.