With pen in hand Prescott wrote something at the bottom just as Holmes entered the room.

Then Dick looked up with a half cheery face.
"I've done it, Greg," he announced simply, in a hard, dry voice.
"Done it ?" echoed Cadet Holmes.

"What ?" "I have written my resignation as a member of the corps of cadets, United States Military Academy." "Bosh!" roared Cadet Holmes in a great rage.

"The resignation is written, signed, and---it sticks!" returned Dick Prescott with quiet emphasis..