CHAPTER XXX
A BEGINNING AND AN ENDING
"It was Allan Charter's coming that clinched matters," said Tom. "Doctor Wallington might not have believed us, but he had to believe Charter."
"He had to believe the girls, too," added Dick. "He knew they would not tell him such falsehoods. But I am glad Charter came along. He hated to get mixed up in it, I know, but he acted the man about it, didn't he?"
"Wonder what the doctor will do with Koswell & Company?" questioned Sam.
"Fire 'em, most likely, and they deserve tobe fired," growled Stanley. "Oh, when I think of the trick that was played I feel like wiping up the floor with every one of those scoundrels!"
"It was certainly a bit of dirty work," was Dick's comment.
The boys were seated in Sam and Tom's room, talking it over. It was Sunday afternoon, and
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