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"Some time ago other rooms were visited in this building, and various things were taken some things of great value things which have not been returned. Now, Ditmore " "Mr. Crabtree, stop!" cried Pepper, and his eyes flashed with sudden fire. "I know what is in your mind now! But don't you dare to accuse me! Don't you dare!" "I want you to tell me the truth." "I have told you all I know.
To those who have read the other volumes in this "Putnam Hall Series," the lads already mentioned will need no special introduction. For the benefit of others, let me state that Jack Ruddy and Pepper Ditmore were close chums, living, when at home, in the western part of New York State. Jack was slightly the older of the two and was of rather a serious turn of mind.
"Ritter, you leave this boat alone!" exclaimed Pepper. "Humph! so it's you, Ditmore," muttered the bully, and now he turned over and arose. "Going to chop the boat to pieces, I suppose," went on Pepper, "Well, not if I can prevent it." "I'll chop you to pieces!" roared the bully, and swung the ax so suggestively that Pepper leaped back in alarm. "You've got no right to interfere with me!"
And he heaved a mountainous sigh. "Oh, Peleg! Don't be angry with me!" murmured Pepper, with a trace of tears in his voice. "If you get angry I'll die!" "You behave yourself, Pepper Ditmore, or I won't drive you to the Hall." "Peleg, don't you want me to drive?" asked Andy, who was on the front seat. "I'm a cracker-jack at driving." "Not much!
"Let us get good seats in the carryall." "That's the talk! Let us get in before the others take the seats!" came from Nick Paxton, another crony. He pushed ahead, and his elbow caught Pepper Ditmore directly in the ribs. "Not quite so swift, Paxton!" cried Pepper, and he gave the cadet a quick shove backwards.
I want none of your jokes, Ditmore! Leave the table!" thundered Josiah Crabtree. "I'm not through yet." "Never mind, leave the table at once!" And the teacher glared at Pepper as if to eat him up. "Just my luck!" muttered The Imp, and got up. "Here's a sandwich for you," whispered Dale, who sat near, and he passed over two slices of bread with some cold meat between.
"Here we are again, as the clown says in the circus!" "Right you are, Pepper. And I'll be glad to get back to Putnam Hall once more," responded Major Jack Ruddy, as he followed his chum from the lake steamer to the Cedarville dock. "Hello, there is Andy!" cried Pepper Ditmore, as he caught sight of a familiar face in the crowd of cadets, "Andy, where have you been?
I think them just mean enough, too, for they are down on Major Ruddy and Pepper Ditmore." "If they are guilty, I'd like to have them court-martialed!" muttered the commander of Company A. "Such underhand work is a disgrace to Putnam Hall!" "Wait and see if it can be proven," answered Bart Conners.
"Wait till we are pretty close," directed Ritter. "Then let drive for all you are worth." "Who will you aim at?" "Ruddy and Ditmore." "All right, I'll aim at Snow; and I'll let Ruddy have one, too." Again came a ringing war-cry, and in a moment more the battle was continued. Back and forth swayed the lines of cadets, first towards one end of the field and then towards the other.
"Ditmore, you said the barrels belonged to you?" went on the owner of the school. "Yes, sir. I bought them from the tar-roofer in Cedarville and he delivered them. We were going to have a great bonfire and we did!" And The Imp said this so dryly that even Captain Putnam had to smile. "Well, I presume I shall have to drop the matter," said the captain, after a few more questions.
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