CHAPTER V.
HODGE'S REPENTANCE.
Bart Hodge absented himself from class and lecture, but later that night, after all the members of the "flock" had departed from Merriwell's room, Bart came in.

His face was flushed and feverish.
"I don't care what the other fellows think, Merry!" he said, dropping into a chair as if he felt that he had no right there.

"But I do care what you think! I went away in a huff, saying to myself that I'd never come back until you sent for me, when I knew that you wouldn't send for me, and that I would come back.

And here I am." "How could I have sent for you, Bart ?" Merry questioned.

"I knew you would feel differently when you had time to think it all over, and I told the fellows so." "I don't care for their opinions!" Bart snarled.