He had caught sight of Laura Ford, and her sister, Flossie, two young ladies who lived on the lake-shore at a place called Point View Lodge. In the past Pepper and his chums had done the Ford sisters several valuable services, for which Laura and Flossie were profoundly grateful.
"Oh, how do you do, Pepper?" called out Laura, on catching sight of him.
"Aren't you playing?" questioned Flossie.
"No, I'm merely an onlooker to-day," answered Pepper, and he raised his cap and shook hands. "How have you been since I saw you last?"
"Very well, thank you," answered Laura.
"We hope Putnam Hall will win," came from her sister.
"You can't hope it any more than I do," answered Pepper, and then he introduced several cadets to the young ladies, and all sat down to enjoy the game.
Pepper has his eyes open for the appearance of the students from Pornell. At first a few came in and took a stand in a corner, out of the way. They did not belong to the Bock crowd and seemed to be content to behave themselves.
"Maybe Roy Bock got cold feet and stayed away," said a cadet named Melmore.
"No, here he comes!" cried Bob Grenwood. "And Sedley and four others are with him."