"I want to tell you something!" he said sourly. "I want somebody locked up."
"Locked up?" queried the startled teacher. "What is wrong?" And as he asked the question Bart Conners looked on with interest.
"I'll tell you!" burst out Dan Baxter. "Last night I went to bed with eleven dollars in my vest-pocket. This morning every cent of the money is gone! I want it back! If I don't get it back Captain Putnam has got to stand the loss, for I won't." And the bully looked more sour than ever.
"You robbed, too!" cried Josiah Crabtree, faintly. "Will it ever stop? What is the school coming to?"
"Have you any idea who took the money, Dan?" asked Bart Conners.
"No. I was dead tired and slept like a dog. But I know I had the eleven dollars when I went to bed, and now it's gone."
"So is my diamond stickpin," and the captain of Company B gave the particulars.
"Humph!" muttered the bully. "I heard of those other robberies, but I didn't think I'd get touched as quick as this. If it keeps on the whole school will be cleaned out."
"Yes, and Captain Putnam will be ruined," added Bart, gravely.
"I will see you two cadets later," said Josiah Crabtree, and shut the office desk with a bang. He hurried away, leaving Bart and Dan Baxter to console themselves as best they could.