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20 The Discovery of a Plot. “T don’t suppose my talking will do any good,” he re- plied, sadly, “though it was different at one time. It is not my fault that we have become estranged, Bruce. I feel just as friendly toward you as ever “And so do I toward you,” interrupted Bruce, in a petulant.tone. “But a fellow has got to have some fun once in a while, and if vou’re not in for anything of that sort you can't blame me for taking up with fellows that test “Fun?” said Linn, scornfully. “It’s mighty poor fun if you measure it by results. Can’t you see what you are drifting to, Bruce? If you keep this up, you will drop into a lower class, or be expelled from college. And then good-by to West Point! You know what your father will do if he finds that you have fallen into the old habits you learned cut West. You told me yourself that he would make you enlist in the army, and serve as a common sol- dier for three years.” ‘“There’s no danger,” said Bruce. “I’m not so very far down in the class, and I’m cramming hard now for the examinations. [ll pull through al! right. And as for bad habits—why, what little sport I have is nothing com- pared to what it was out in those Western towns. Wait till you’ve seen a little real life, Linn——”’ “IT don’t want to see that kind,” exclaimed Linn. “There is danger, Bruce, and you are either willfully run- ning into it, or you are too blind to see it. You can’t con- tinue safely in these courses much longer. “For the sake of our old friendship, Bruce,” he went on, earnestly, “drop Steve Halsey and his set, give up your rollicking and dissipation, and stick to your studies like a man. Let us be the chums that we once were. Graduation isonly a year from now, and you will be well rewarded by a cadetship to West Point. Do listen to me, Bruce. I mean it fairly, and I can’t bear to see you going Eomicbooks Go 5