Toby hesitated. After all, he didn’t know, for Frick’s description surely exonerated Tubb. So he shook his head and answered, “No, sir.”
“But you suspect some one?” the Principal insisted.
“I—I’d rather not answer, sir.”
“Even if I tell you that a severe punishment awaits the—ah—convicted person?”
Toby shook his head again. Doctor Collins sighed.
CHAPTER XXIII
TUBB ON THE TRAIL
It didn’t take long for the news to get around the school. By evening it was known everywhere that Toby Tucker was on probation for waylaying Roy Frick and beating him up. A good many fellows took the stand that Toby deserved a gold medal instead of probation, even while deploring the fact that he had employed questionable means to wreak vengeance. Having some one hold Frick while he punched him was not quite sportsmanlike. Of course Toby was lost to football for the rest of the season, although, as he was, at most, but a third-choice quarter, the loss was not considered serious. If Coach Lyle thought otherwise no one knew it.
Arnold was rabid when he heard the news from Toby and was all for a swift descent on the Office and an indignant protest backed by affidavits of good character. Toby, however, persuaded him to relinquish the project.