"I understand Dan Baxter wants to be major," said Stuffer. "Talk about gall! What has he ever done for the school? Nothing."
"He won't get the office," said Jack.
"Is Bart going to have a walkover?" asked Pepper.
"Hardly. Both Dave Kearney and Harry Blossom will run against him, and so will Bob Grenwood, and they all have their friends."
"Well, let the best fellows win, say I!" cried Andy, and then he ran off, to do some fancy "stunts" in the gymnasium.
The excitement attending the disappearance of Bart Conners's stickpin and Dan Baxter's money had somewhat subsided, and now the cadets could think of nothing but the coming election.
"How many cadets are there to vote?" asked Pepper, as he and Jack walked away to the river to skate.
"Then it will take forty-two votes to elect anybody."
"That's it."