"Well, I don't know," answered Jack, slowly. "The eleven is going to celebrate to-night, and they want us. Otherwise, I'd like it very much."
"Then come some other time," answered Rossmore Ford.
"Thank you, we will," answered Andy; and after a few words more the Fords drove off and the cadets walked away to join their fellows.
It was a jolly crowd that returned to Putnam Hall late that afternoon, and Captain Putnam was willing that they should have all the sport the rules of the institution permitted.
"Bonfires to-night!" cried Andy.
"Biggest ever!" returned Pepper. "I've got a surprise."
"What is it, Pep?" asked several in a chorus.
"If I tell you, will you keep it to yourselves?"
"Sure!" was the ready answer.
"Well, you saw those tar-roofers at work on the new top of the dock at Cedarville?"