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cried Ben . `` Wonder what he will have to say about it , when we confront him with it ? '' `` Let us look for more evidence , while we are at it , '' came from Buster . And then the midnight search continued . `` Doctor Clay , we must see you about something that is very important . '' Thus spoke Dave , the next morning , as he and his chums filed into the doctor 's private office after the opening of the school . Job Haskers was not at his class , but in his room , straightening out his things , while some men had been sent up , to get rid of the tree-top and repair the window .