Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22

/ "Of course we can't expect to put
! this undertaking through without making
some sacrifice he said. Il supposed VIII
have to be who will return to the academy.
"If you do give yourself up you x, know wnas
will happen to you, don't your! quer1ed
Even. aYoull be clapped into the guard
house again, and you'll be guarded In lash
| ion that won't permit you to dig your way
out second time" ,
"rhat,s fact" agreed Mcpherson "Thsy
won't offer You the privilege OF parole
whoever goes,p said Lofty, "must accept
sAnd break it by running away again, and
dragging seven other fellows after HIM, IN
tcrpoated Even That Will be nop pretty WSas seFiL t
means to break a parole -expulsion"
~Still." unused McPherson sitting down
| again, the better to cogitate-"still, if we per
sist in attempting to put tins scheme SC snrougn
"What do we care for that?" demanded
Lofty. s1m sick of the school. for my, part.
| didn't intend to come back here next year
if could help it. .n, ;. -.
but I'll have to come back If the faculty VIII
af don't intend to come back said Nc
Pherson. , :. ,.so and evsrv.
thing to gain" declared Lofty, and neither OF
his associates could say him nay
| They gave no thought whatever to the, m
terests Of the snppostitIouss, :, seven wnGm .ney
cardinal principle in the creed OF our fellows
| to let every one look out for himself Ii the
seven weaker ones could not look out Tor
| themselves so much the worse for them when
| the crash came.
| "If II is a question of being admitted to
narole . observed Mcpherson, at length, the
sacrifice lies between Even and me. IL ap-
| nears to me that Even ought to volunteer.
| NV record will go against me, and may not
| escane the guard house myself In fact, it's
precisely because / was afraid OF being Jug
| ged' that / ran away. -,
protested Even who didn't relish this declara-
sfYou are the man for the work in hand, Nc
Pherson." said Lofty. we We, can aepena on
vour shrewdness to cope with the dlfhcultles
that are going to beset the beginning OF this
enterprise :.a,, ,,;,l +ha root -
the fellows than l have urged Even. You
can get them to go into this thing when
'o' sTn ! word, Mcpherson" declared the lead
| or with emphasis, everything depends on
and that's .he asrRsd R9ds o tell you abous
nv scheme. If you go back on me, the thing
viii have to be. given up.
aI don't see it," replied Thad. though not
very energetically.
aYou are the only of us who can be
trusted to go into the academy, and lead out
tbe seven other fellows we need"
"How am to do it =
aThat win depend good deal on yourself,
but / can give you some good Suggestions
| Once YOU are clear of the academy again,
| have the course of action all mapped out; The
question is, will you give yourself mp; and VIII
s,om win over the seven fellows we three shall
asree upon beforehand. and bring them to
| this place.
aI,il try it." assented Mcpherson.
| Lofty was jubilant, but he did not waste
| time with useless talk. He at once proceeded
| to offer Mcpherson his suggestions" which,
az was perfectly well understood, were the
orders of the chief conspirator to his satelliteA
/ In a comparatively few words, well chosen,
| Lofty gave the principal details of the plot
| which he had outlined for them. He showed
| in his recital that he had, or seemed to his
| companions to have, foreseen, combatted and
| overcome every possible objection that could
| be advanced against his scheme.
| Before he was done he had won them COM
| their communication of the plot and eager to
| begin its execution.
] But Lofty all this while had not been in
| sensible to the fight of time. He lighted a
match and looked at his watch.
"Do you know, fellows, that we have been
here two hours@ he asked.
'1The men up in the shanty will suspect
They set out hastily to return to their hide
out. Ewen's observation had set McPherson's
mind at work in new direction.
IT am suspicious of Ricketts, and his party"
| he said, "and I think we ought to know some
thing more about them before we put any
more dependence on them. If they catch on
to our plot, as they will. sooner or later as
sTeaye them to me-" answered Lofty. 'Tll
| 6nd |. .vav To make friends with them or If