"And this?" added Van Hoosen.
They severally displayed the spoils they had taken, placing them on a table.
The consternation and dismay of the three pretenders was funny in the extreme.
"Then you were the Indians!" said the professor; grasping the tail end of the joke feebly.
"We were," answered Jack.
"But how did you do it?"
"Oh! we dressed up, being determined to have some fun with you, and as there was no harm done, I hope you will forgive the joke."
"I do," replied the professor; "and I may add that I knew it was you, Jack, all along."
"You did?"