"Doesn't it look like it, sir?"
"But if they were stolen, who is guilty?" asked Josiah Crabtree, glaring around from one cadet to another.
For the moment nobody spoke.
"I don't suspect any of my roommates," said Jack, quickly. "I think it was done by some outsider."
"Some other cadet?" asked Crabtree.
"Possibly; or else by some of the help."
"Gracious, Ruddy, I—er—I hope you don't suspect me!" stammered the teacher.
"No, sir; I meant some of the servants."
"Ah, I see!" Josiah Crabtree looked relieved. "You may be right. Perhaps some of the new colored help took the watch," he went on, to Captain Putnam.
"I will start an investigation," returned the owner of the school.