This time it was Prof. Adler, whose room was in the building, and who called to protest against so much noise.
"You see what it is, professor," said Baker, throwing the door wide open. "You were once a 'Pig' yourself, I believe."
"Yes, I was," the professor answered, trying hard to repress a smile as he looked at Merriwell and the four solemn juniors, "but really it's getting late, gentlemen, and I think you ought to take your initiation elsewhere."
"Well, perhaps we have gone far enough at this stage," said Baker. "At any rate, professor, we won't trouble you any more to-night."
"I hope you won't," said the good-humored professor, "for I should hate to report you."
With that he went away, and the next stage in the initiation began immediately.
Each of the five neophytes was blindfolded with a towel tied around his head; his hands were then bound behind his back, and a long cord attached to them; then they were sternly ordered to remember the rule of obedience.
"If you obey you'll come to no harm," said Baker, earnestly, "but the slightest act of disobedience may run you into serious trouble."
When the blindfolding and binding had been completed the neophytes were taken out to the campus and so to the street; there three or four seniors went with each neophyte in different directions about the city.
The seniors kept hold of the rope and walked several yards behind the neophyte, telling him when to turn to the right or the left.