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Updated: May 14, 2025
"What do you want, Andy Snow? I'm not feeling well to-night, and I am tired out from a walk I took to Cedarville." "I won't keep you long, Reff. I want to ask you about the man you met in Cedarville? What's his name?" Reff Ritter stopped short and showed that the question took him by surprise. "Man I met?" he stammered. "Yes, the man you met at the new buildings in Cedarville."
"Let us sneak to the woods before they arrive and roll the barrels down to the lake!" "I'll do it," answered Reff Ritter. "Anything to put a damper on that celebration." "Well, water will dampen the tar-barrels," added Coulter, grimly. Pepper was so full of high spirits that at the supper table he could not resist the temptation to play a joke.
Andy looked around for Reff Ritter, but that cadet kept himself out of sight. "I'll see him after supper," said the acrobatic youth. It was not until nearly bedtime that he got a chance to question the bully. He followed Ritter up to his dormitory, which chanced just then to be unoccupied. "Reff, I want to talk to you," he said, when the bully was on the point of closing the door in his face.
He ran out on the campus and there sneezed himself free of the pepper, much to his relief. Joe was about to return to the mess-hall when he chanced to see two figures sneaking along in the semi-darkness, in the direction of the woods. He was just able to make out that the pair were Reff Ritter and Gus Coulter when they disappeared behind the trees.
You behave yourself and leave me alone, and I'll leave you alone." The loud talking had attracted the attention of a number of cadets, and they commenced to crowd around Jack and Ritter. Among the number were Gus Coulter and Nick Paxton. "Why don't you fight him, Reff?" suggested Coulter. "That's the talk," added Paxton. "Show him that he can't talk about you and your father as he pleases."
"When do you want to get to work?" Reff Ritter looked around anxiously. It was cold on the campus and growing darker rapidly. Only a few cadets were in sight. "Come on now," he answered. "We'll see if the coast is clear." They walked to the end of the gymnasium building, where, in a long room, the bicycles of the students were kept. It was pitch dark inside and not a soul was in sight.
But by that time Company B was out of ammunition and had to pause to manufacture more snowballs. In the ranks of Company A were Ritter, Coulter and Paxton. Paxton had of late somewhat dropped the others, but Reff and Gus were as thick as ever. They were now standing side by side. "Say, I'd like to give it to Ruddy and those others," muttered Coulter. "So would I," whispered Ritter in return.
"Follow him up! Follow him up!" screamed Coulter. "You've got him going, Reff! Finish him!" Thus encouraged, Ritter leaped in and another blow landed on Jack's ear. He was a bit dazed, but shut his teeth hard and ducked under Ritter's arm. Then both sparred for an opening, circling around the gymnasium floor once more, the crowd of cadets around them growing larger and larger.
If it is, I'm going to lie down and try to get some sleep," went on Reff Ritter, passing his hand over his forehead. "Yes, that's all," answered Andy, shortly. "Much obliged." And he left the dormitory. He was not at all satisfied with the way Reff Ritter had acted. Evidently the bully was much put out over the fact that his meeting with Cameron Smith was known.
"Jack certainly deserves great credit for jumping in after you," said Pepper, warmly. "It was a mighty cold plunge for anybody to take." "Oh, let's drop it!" came modestly from the hero of the occasion. "I am not going to drop it!" retorted Gus Coulter, with spirit. "You saved my life, and I want everybody to know it, especially Reff Ritter. He would have left me to drown!"
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