"Think you're smart, don't you?" he snarled. "But you just wait!"
"Want more of the initiation?" demanded Buster.
"No, I don't! You let me go! I'm going back to the school!"
"So are we, Nat, and you'll go with us," answered Shadow. "Don't let him get away from us!" he whispered to his friends.
"Well, this winds up the initiation," said Buster, throwing off his headgear, a movement that was followed by the others. "You fellows are now full-fledged members of the Gee Eyes."
"And I'm glad it is over," answered one of the victims. "Say, but that was a dandy shoot the chutes!" he added, half in admiration.
"It is not quite as firm as it might be," said Dave. "It needs more bracing up on the sides. The carpenters aren't done, I suppose."
"I thought it was mighty shaky myself," put in Phil. "Why, once I thought it was going down with us."
"Oh, it's as sound as a dollar!" cried Shadow. "Of course, with such a crowd——"
Shadow did not finish, for from above the boys in the sawdust pit, there came a sudden ominous cracking. In the semi-darkness of the night they saw a brace snap in twain. Another brace quickly followed, and then the wooden slide commenced to sway from side to side.