"Wouldn't you fight if somebody slapped you in the face?" demanded Jack, hotly.
"You know the rules, Ruddy—and as major you ought to be the first to obey them."
"I am willing to do that, sir. But I won't allow anybody to slap me in the face."
"I didn't slap him," put in Ritter.
"Yes, you did," came from Pepper.
"It is true—I saw it," added Fred.
"So did I," added a cadet named Brown.
"If you were struck, Major Ruddy, it was your duty to report the occurrence at the office," said Josiah Crabtree, loftily. "Such actions as these will most likely cost you your command."
"Oh, what a shame!" burst out Pepper.
"Ditmore, I want no words from you!" roared the head teacher, savagely.