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Two axes had been brought along, and Dale used one while Peleg Snuggers wielded the other. Soon the cedar commenced to totter. "Look out!" cried Captain Putnam, and then crash! the tree came down, directly on top of the tar-barrels. Up went a thick cloud of smoke and sparks. But the cadets were ready with dirt and stones, and the danger of a new blaze was quickly averted.
I could hardly get him out of the house, and when he left he picked up a big chunk of ice and snow and hurled it through the sitting-room window at Sam. I believe the man isn't quite right in his head." "It certainly looks like it," was the captain's grave response. "Did Snuggers leave him in Cedarville?" "Yes.
He was apparently none the worse for his mishap, and likely to be as full of life and fun as ever on the morrow. Poor Granbury, however, was not so well off. It took some time to restore him to consciousness, and while Captain Putnam and Mr. Strong put him to bed, with hot-water bags to warm him up, Peleg Snuggers was sent off post-haste for a doctor.
But Snuggers didn't know where he went after that, excepting that he called at the post office for some letters." "I hope I never have anything to do with him again," said Sam, with a shiver. "I do not believe he will bother you in the future," returned the captain. "When he comes to his sober senses he will realize fully how foolishly he has acted."
Dick and Fred returned presently, bringing with them a tall, lean man of apparently fifty. "Boys," cried Fred, "let me introduce you to Mr. Peleg Snugsomebody, general utility man at Putnam Hall." "Peleg Snuggers, please," said the man weekly. "Excuse me, but I was sent to bring you to the Hall." "Do we walk?" demanded Tom.
"Oh, you can't joke me no more!" returned the utility man. "But just look!" pleaded Sam. "Isn't that a good picture of you? If you don't say so yourself I'll give you five dollars." He handed the tin over again, this time with the opposite side toward Snuggers. He had just breathed on it heavily. "Now blow on it," he continued, and Snuggers did as directed.
Sam elevated the tiny box and kept the man standing for fully half a minute, while the boys behind Snuggers could scarcely keep from roaring. "There you are," said Sam at last. "Now wait a minute and the picture will be finished." "Don't you have to print 'em in the sun?" asked Snuggers. "No, this is a new patented process." Sam drew a square of tin from the box.
But suddenly George Granbury, who sat nearby, caught him by the foot, and he came down with a thump that threatened to split the stage top from end to end. "It won't do, nohow!" pleaded Peleg Snuggers, the general utility man attached to Putnam Hall Military Academy. "Them hosses is skittish, and " "Oh, stow it, Peleg," interrupted George. "You know those horses couldn't run away if they tried.
"Peleg Snuggers is going to give me the nails and lend me the tools. The runners I will have to buy down to the blacksmith shop." "There is an old cask down at the boathouse. We can take the hoops from that and have the blacksmith straighten them out, and they will do first rate for runners."
"Well, Peleg, is he safe in jail?" called out Tom. "No, he ain't," was the snappy reply. "Why, what did you do with him?" questioned Dick quickly. "Do? I didn't do nuthin not me. It was him as did it all cut that blessed rope and shoved me over the dashboard on to the hosses!" growled Snuggers. "Do you mean to say he got away from you?" asked Tom.
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