"No, sir."
"Nobody at all?"
"Not a soul."
"It is queer. They must have come in, and finding me asleep——" Job Haskers did not finish.
"Where were you asleep, sir?"
"Never mind—if you saw nobody. But listen, I want you to make the rounds, and see if every boy is in his dormitory. If any are absent, report to me in my room at once."
"Yes, sir," returned the monitor, and hurried off.
"He'll not find us missing," whispered Dave. "All hands in bed and eyes shut. No fooling now, for if you are caught something serious may happen."
The others understood, and when Jim Murphy came with a light to look into dormitories No. 11 and No. 12 he found every lad tucked in under the blankets and looking as if he had been slumbering for several hours.