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You'd like to make out that my father is the worst swindler that ever lived, and I won't stand for it." "Reff, that isn't true," interrupted Pepper. "Jack hasn't said a word against your father." "Oh, you can't bluff me, Pep Ditmore. I know better." "What Pepper says is true I haven't said a word, Reff, truly I haven't.
"Too bad!" he murmured. "Major Ruddy!" came in the harsh voice of Josiah Crabtree behind him. "What are you doing here?" "I came to talk to Ditmore," answered Jack, boldly. "Who gave you permission?" "Nobody, I came as major of the battalion. When a cadet is placed in the guardhouse the major has a right to go and see him." "Hum!" growled Josiah Crabtree.
"You are positive that you had the scarfpin when you came home, Ditmore?" he questioned. "Yes, sir." "And you put it in the case in the drawer?" "I did." "Was the drawer locked?" "Part of the time. Sometimes I forgot and left the key in the lock." "What sort of a scarfpin was it?" "It was a sort of a clover effect, of gold, with a ruby and three small diamonds." "And how much was it worth?"
With Pepper were Andy, Jack, and Fred Century, while on Dale's side were Bart Field, Bart Conners and some other cadets already introduced. "Now, then, Pepper!" cried one of his friends. "See what you can do!" "Don't give him a chance, Dale! Yank him right over the line!" cried one of Dale's friends. "I'll bet Pepper Ditmore loses," said Nick Paxton, who was present.
"Who said I met any one?" "We saw you, I and Major Ruddy and Pep Ditmore." "Huh! Been spying on me, eh?" And Reff Ritter's face took on its old look of sourness. "It was an accident. But I want to know who that man was." "What for?" "I have my reasons." "I don't see that I am called on to answer your questions, Andy Snow. If I want to meet anybody I'll do it."
"I believe Ritter tells the truth," put in Josiah Crabtree. "When I appeared Ruddy was very insolent and so was Ditmore. I sent Ditmore to his room as a punishment." "You may call Ruddy in," answered the head of the school, briefly. He understood Josiah Crabtree's dictatorial manner perfectly, and he only retained the man because of his unusual ability as a teacher.
In the middle of the afternoon, directly after school was over, Josiah Crabtree appeared. This time he was accompanied by George Strong. "Ditmore, we have come to have a talk with you!" cried Crabtree. "And let me say at the start that I want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, as they say in court." "Are you going to try me for my life?" demanded The Imp.
"Hanging on the chandelier in Classroom Eight." "And who put them there?" roared the teacher, in amazement. "Pepper Ditmore, sir. But, oh, sir, please don't say I told on him or he'll hammer the life out of me!" cried Mumps, in alarm. "How did he get them?" "I don't know that, sir. I I went downstairs to er to put away a book for another cadet and I saw Pepper Ditmore sneak into Room Eight.
Now that we have heard the stories of the principals we'll hear what the witnesses have to say." "Fred Century was there, and he is in the library now," said Jack. "Pepper Ditmore was there, too, but Mr. Crabtree sent him to his room." "I will question Century and Ditmore, and also Coulter and Paxton," answered Captain Putnam. "You may retire to Classroom Three, Major Ruddy, until called."
"Do you dare to accuse me of these mysterious thefts?" cried Pepper, hotly. "I think " "Mr. Crabtree, I beg of you to be careful," cried George Strong. "Why not drop this whole matter until Captain Putnam returns? Because Ditmore played a joke on you does not say that he is a a criminal." "Thank you for that, Mr. Strong," said the cadet, warmly.
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