"I’m glad of that," came from Merry.
"You fellows are too fresh!" exclaimed the spy, with pretended indignation. "Can’t a person look round your old academy without being mobbed like this?"
"You were looking round?"
"Yes."
"What were you doing in here?"
"Just happened to drop in."
Dick Merriwell laughed.
"A silly excuse," he said.
"I’d like a chance to settle with you!" declared the stranger hotly. "I’d make you laugh out of the other side of your mouth!"
"Bet you can’t do it!" came quickly from Dick. "Let him go, Frank! Let him take his coat off! I’d like to have it out with him! I’d like to give him what he deserves!"