"That was what I call a narrow escape," whispered Phil, after the monitor had departed. "Somebody surely spied on us."
"We'll look into the matter to-morrow," answered Luke Watson. "I'm in for sleep now." And a little later all the lads were in the land of dreams.
The next morning the members of the Gee Eyes looked for an investigation from Job Haskers, but no such thing occurred. The fact of the matter was that the teacher realized fully what a joke had been played on him while he was asleep, and he was afraid to stir the matter up for fear the entire school would be laughing at him. He made a few very cautious inquiries, which gave him no clew, and then, for the time being, dropped the matter.
The Gee Eyes were anxious to know how the Soden brothers had gotten out of the closet at the old boathouse, and were amazed when the answer came.
"Why, two of you fellows came back and let us out," said Henry Soden.
"Let you out?" asked Buster Beggs.
"Yes."
"One of the fellows said that Mr. Haskers was onto the game and that no initiations would be attempted," explained Joe Soden. "He said we had better get back to our dormitory as quickly as we could, so we scooted."
"Who were those chaps?" demanded Dave.
"I don't know. They wore their coats inside out and big paper bags over their heads."