"Have mercy on the furniture!" cried Joe Nelson.
"Don't knock over the table!" added Stuffer.
"Give me that snow!" cried Andy, and managed to get a small portion from Pepper. "How do you like that?" And he plastered the snow in The Imp's left ear.
"Hurrah! Snow from Snow!" cried Jack.
"'Twill warm Pepper's blood, so it will!" was Emerald Hogan's comment.
More snow had been scooped from the window-sill by Fred and Joe, and soon a battle-royal was in progress in the dormitory. But it came to an abrupt end when Dave Kearney appeared.
"Stop it!" cried the young sergeant. "Crabtree is coming!"
"All over!" whispered Jack. "All as orderly as lambs!" And at once every cadet settled down and started in an orderly fashion to finish his morning toilet.
"What was the noise in here?" demanded Josiah Crabtree, as he threw open the door and strode into the dormitory.
He glared around savagely, but nobody answered him.