"What, of the shoe store?"

"Yes. Mr. Ringley came running out after both of us. I ran one way and
Danny ran another. I ran into the alleyway past Jackson's barn, and got
over the fence, and he didn't come any further."

"Does Mr. Ringley think you broke the window?"

"I guess he does. Anyway, he followed me and not Danny."

"But you had nothing to do with it. Oh, Bert, what made you run away at
all. Why didn't you stop and tell the truth?"

"I--I got scared, that's why. I was afraid he'd get a policeman."

"Danny ought to own up that he did it."

"He won't do it. He'll put it off on me if he can,--because I chased him
in the first place."

"Did Mr. Ringley know it was you?"

"I don't know. Now, Nan, remember, you promised not to tell."

"All right, Bert, I won't say a word. But--but--what do you think Mr.
Ringley will do?"

"I don't know."

When they reached the school Danny Rugg was nowhere to be seen. The boys