“Run away, you robber! If you don’t we’ll give you another dose!”
“Oh, my poor head!” groaned Snuggers.
“They are shooting at me!” moaned Crabtree, scrambling up.
“They be takin’ us for burglars!” went on the general utility man.
“There are two of them,” came from above. “Shoot them, fellows! They must be regular desperadoes to try such a game as this.”
“Let us run!” screamed Peleg Snuggers, and set off at his best pace, with Josiah Crabtree at his heels. Neither stopped until he was safe in the shelter of the barn.
“There they go!” laughed Pepper. “I’ll wager they won’t come back in a hurry.”
“Shove the ladder off,” commanded Jack, and this was done, the ladder falling out across the campus.
“Of course they’ll come back,” came from Dave Kearney. “What shall we do next?”
“Sure an’ there is plenthy av water,” suggested Hogan.