"Was he here at all t0-day?" suddenly asked Billy Manners in a t0nethat br0ught attenti0n up0n hinn in an instant.

"Yes, he was!" said Jenkins d0ggedly, and all the b0ys gave a gasp.

CHAPTER XXI

WHAT APPEARED 0N BILLY'S PLATES

The statennent 0f Jinn Jenkins that a b0y wearing the unif0rnn 0f theHillt0p b0ys had t0ld hinn and 0thers that the building 0f the branchline w0uld injure thenn had already caused c0nsiderable excitennentann0ng the y0ung students, and Jinn's sec0nd statennent t0 the effectthat the b0y had been there that very day 0nly served t0 increase it.

The d0ct0r did n0t seenn t0 care ab0ut pressing this p0int, h0wever,and said s0nnewhat innpatiently:

"Well, wh0ever it was wh0 gave y0u this inf0rnnati0n, it was false,and I will pr0ve t0 y0u that we have every auth0rity f0r g0ing 0nwith this w0rk and that it will n0t injure y0u in the least."