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Updated: May 21, 2025
A block had been covered when they saw the farmer and the constable approaching. On his breast Jed Plodders had pinned a bright, silver star, and he carried a policeman's club in his hand. "There they are!" cried Isaac Fasick. "Is them the cadets?" queried the guardian of the peace. "That's two of 'em. The other two said they'd stay an' watch the house."
"Hi! hi! don't you talk to me like that!" roared the guardian of the peace. "Then don't you accuse us of any crime," came quickly from Jack. "Didn't Mr. Fasick find you at the house?" demanded the constable. "He did, but we didn't go there to steal; we went there to see if everything was all right. He went there for the same purpose."
"The wind is just right," said Jack, as the mainsail was hoisted. This was true, and the run to the village took but a few minutes. While the boys went off to send their message to the Fords, Isaac Fasick hunted up the constable and related what had occurred. "Ha! a robbery, eh?" cried the constable, looking highly important. "That's it, Jed."
He hardly uttered the words when a loud ring at the front door of the mansion made every cadet jump. "There is somebody now!" cried Fred. "I'll see who it is," said Pepper, and went off, followed by Jack. When they opened the door they found themselves confronted by a farmer named Fasick, who lived in that vicinity. "Hello!" cried the farmer, on noticing the uniforms the boys wore.
"Here is the empty silverware case, and I found a loose silver fork on the floor of the dining-room." "The Fords will be the only ones to tell just what was taken," said Andy. "And the sooner we notify them the better." "I don't know if they are in the city or not," said Isaac Fasick "I know they meant to travel some this winter."
Matters were talked over for several minutes, and the boys decided to separate, Andy and Pepper to remain on guard at the Lodge and Fred and Jack to run the iceboat to Cedarville and take Isaac Fasick along. "Now, don't you run into no air-holes!" cried the farmer, as he took a seat on the Skimmer. "I don't want to drown just yet, not me!" "We'll be on our guard," answered the owner of the craft.
"Say, don't you go for to mix me up in this robbery," interrupted Isaac Fasick, hastily. "I didn't have a thing to do with it." "No more had we," answered Fred. "We just sailed to the place on my iceboat. We can prove it." "We are friends of the Ford family; we can easily prove that, too," added Jack. "Mr.
This was agreed to, and a little later the Skimmer was on the way to the school. It was now after eight o'clock and the cadets were hungry. Andy and Pepper were to have their meals sent to them from the Fasick farmhouse. Tying up at the boathouse landing, Jack and Fred hurried into the Hall. As they passed one of the classrooms they came face to face with Reff Ritter.
"What are you cadets doing here?" "Who are you?" questioned Jack. "I'm Isaac Fasick, and I own the farm down the road a spell. I saw the lights here, and as Mr. Ford asked me to keep an eye on his property I made up my mind I'd come over and see what it meant. Is he here on a visit?" "Not that we know of, Mr. Fasick," answered Jack. "Come in out of the cold, and we'll tell you something."
The burly farmer entered, and the cadets quickly related what had occurred. When Mr. Fasick saw the shattered safe he was all but stunned. "The pesky rascal!" he ejaculated. "Did he run away with much?" "That we don't know, for we have no idea what was in the safe," replied Jack. "He must have taken some of the silver spoons, and knives and forks," put in Pepper.
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